num_pages: 156
description: Address the philosophical idea of transtemporal identity, that is, to provide an account of the preservation of identity through changes and across time. Demonstrates that an entity may remain the same after certain substantive and temporal changes by using the example of metamorphosis and transformation in the mythic world as portrayed particularly in Ovid's Metamorphosis, and, more generally, in the mythology of other cultures. Suitable for upper-level courses in metaphysics, theories of identity, and mythic studies.
language: English
title: From Myth to Philosophy: Philosophical Implications of the Mystic Understanding of Transtemporal Identity
titlecomplete: From Myth to Philosophy: Philosophical Implications of the Mystic Understanding of Transtemporal Identity
publisher: Univ Pr of Amer