The Origins of European Thought: About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate

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.

Author: R. B. Onians
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 02/26/1988
Pages: 602
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.46w x 1.78d
ISBN: 9780521347945

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