An edition of The origins of European thought about the body, the mind, the soul, the world, time, and fate (1951)
The Origins of European Thought : About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate
New Interpretations of Greek, Roman and Kindred Evidence Also of Some Basic Jewish and Christian Beliefe
By Richard Broxton Onians
Publish Date
1951-01-01
Publisher
Cambridge at the University Press
Language
eng
Pages
583
Description:
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.
subjects: Philosophy, Western Civilization, Philosophy, european, Faith, History, Religion