Images and Symbols Studies in Religious Symbolism |
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Author:
| Eliade, Mircea |
Translator:
| Mairet, Philip |
Series title: | Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-02068-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $54.99 |
Book Description:
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Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.
Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.