From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation (Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology)

by Francis Mac Donald Cornford (Author)

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  Paperback
  1991

  $46.63

  Shows that the remarkable burst of abstract speculation among pre-Socratic thinkers of the sixth century BC emerged directly from the religious thought of the preceding era in Greece. This book provides connections between critical scientific thought and social and emotional experience.