Meaning and Being in MythPenn State Press, 2010 M11 1 |
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... mythical archetypes to reveal and occlude Being , even when the apparatus of gods has been excluded . Despite their pessimism , ancient myths also affirm that the paradoxes are not insoluble . Austin concludes by outlining the profile ...
... mythical archetypes to reveal and occlude Being , even when the apparatus of gods has been excluded . Despite their pessimism , ancient myths also affirm that the paradoxes are not insoluble . Austin concludes by outlining the profile ...
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... mythical concept as the Olympian gods . Like the Olympians , the atom was eternal , indestructible , and transcended sense perception ; like them , it could be apprehended by intuition alone . When the Olympians were revealed as too ...
... mythical concept as the Olympian gods . Like the Olympians , the atom was eternal , indestructible , and transcended sense perception ; like them , it could be apprehended by intuition alone . When the Olympians were revealed as too ...
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... mythical thinking . Myth and science lie on a continuum , which I have attempted to illustrate in my chapter on the serpent . The serpent has been archetypal symbol of evil throughout our Western history . Laid under a curse by Jahweh ...
... mythical thinking . Myth and science lie on a continuum , which I have attempted to illustrate in my chapter on the serpent . The serpent has been archetypal symbol of evil throughout our Western history . Laid under a curse by Jahweh ...
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... mythical elements in the drama — the sons of God presenting them- selves before the Lord , in disregard for monotheistic orthodoxy ; Satan , the Adversary , conversing with the Lord ; the two of them wagering with each other for a human ...
... mythical elements in the drama — the sons of God presenting them- selves before the Lord , in disregard for monotheistic orthodoxy ; Satan , the Adversary , conversing with the Lord ; the two of them wagering with each other for a human ...
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... mythical archetypes even in modern literature , where the field has been cleared of the ancient gods . Hamlet stands midway , in this respect , between ancient literary works , which employ the machinery of myth without embarrassment ...
... mythical archetypes even in modern literature , where the field has been cleared of the ancient gods . Hamlet stands midway , in this respect , between ancient literary works , which employ the machinery of myth without embarrassment ...
Contents
The Numinous Ground | 11 |
Jobs Noble Euphemism | 31 |
Hesiods Archaic Cosmology | 49 |
Pandora and the Revenge of the Mind | 65 |
The Serpent in the Garden | 85 |
Herakles The Hero of the Anima | 109 |
The Hero | 112 |
The Divine Presence in Homers Iliad | 135 |
Hamlets Hungry Ghost | 153 |
The Empirical Stranger | 173 |
The Universal Self | 193 |
Notes | 197 |
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Achilles Adversary Agamemnon alienation ancient myths anger Apollo archetypal Athena becomes biological birth Book of Job calls chaos demon Chryses combat consciousness corpse cosmology created cult curse death Deianeira Delphi desire discovers dragon dream earth ego's emotions enemy epiphany euphemism Euripides Eurystheus evil father fear Fontenrose 1959 Freud function Gaia ghost God's Greek ground Hamlet Hera Hera's Herakles hero hero's Hesiod Hesiod's myth Homer's honor human I-Thou ideal Iliad imagination intuition Iphitos Job's Jung killed king Lacan Leviathan libido living Māyā meaning Meursault mind mode modern mother murder mythical narcissism nature negate Neleus neocortex numinous object Olympians Olympos Omphale Pandora play poem Priam Prometheus psyche Python reveals revenge sacrifice Satan says sciousness serpent signifiers sky gods smile snake Sophocles soul superego tabu takes Theogony thought tion trans transcending translates Typhon unconscious University Press vision warrior wife women Zeus