Title: The origins of European thought about the body, the mind, the soul, the world, time, and fate
Description: 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.
Subjects: Philosophy, Western Civilization, Philosophy, european, Faith, History, Religion