The Origins of European Thought: About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate
Richard Broxton Onians  
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Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Genre:History, Philosophy, History & Surveys, Ancient & Classical, Metaphysics, Religion, Theology
Pages:583
ISBN:9780521347945
Release:1988-02-11
Dimensions:22.00 cm x 13.80 cm x 3.40 cm
Date Added:2014-05-26
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Summary: Onians' remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilization and thought: the fundamental beliefs about life, mind, body, soul, and human destiny that are embodied in the myths and legends of the ancients. The volume is remains a fascinating collection of ideas and explanations of cultures as diverse as the Greeks and the Norse, the Celts and the Jews, and the Chinese and the Romans.