Historical-critical introduction to the philosophy of mythology
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Publication
2007 - State University of New York Press, Albany, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
60,000 words, Guess
Page Count
240 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17930937M
- ISBN-139780791471319
- OCLC Control Number70823148
- OCLC Control Numberhistoricalcritic00sche_215
- Library of Congress Control Number2006024606
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- LibraryThing4455365
- Goodreads1787866
Classifications
- DDC201/.3
- LCCBL314 .S3413 2007
Description
"Translated here into English for the first time, F. W. J. Schelling's 1842 lectures on the Philosophy of Mythology are an early example of interdisciplinary thinking. In seeking to show the development of the concept of the divine Godhead in and through various mythological systems (particularly of ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Near East), Schelling develops the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions. In so doing, he brings together the essential relatedness of the development of philosophical systems, human language, history, ancient art forms, and religious thought. Along the way, he engages in analyses of modern philosophical views about the origins of philosophy's conceptual abstractions, as well as literary and philological analyses of ancient literature and poetry."--BOOK JACKET.
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Series Statement
- SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
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