num_pages: 602
description: Onians' remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilization and 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.
language: English
title: The Origins of European Thought: About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate
titlecomplete: The Origins of European Thought: About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time and Fate
genres: Anthropology, Essays, History, Philosophy, Ancient History, Nonfiction, Mythology, Literature
ratings_count: 47
publisher: Cambridge University Press