Origins of European Thought About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate New Interpretations of Greek, Roman, and Kindred Evid

This remarkable work of scholarship sought to deal with the very roots of European civilisation and thought: the fundamental beliefs about life, mind, body, soul and human destiny which were embodied in the myths, legends and customs of the ancients and later emerged, often unrecognized, in literature, philosophy and science. Professor Onians adduces an extraordinary range of comparative evidence, predominantly from Greece and Rome, but also from Norse, Celtic, Jewish, Indian, Chinese and Christian sources.Onians, Richard B. is the author of 'Origins of European Thought About the Body, the Mind, the Soul, the World, Time, and Fate New Interpretations of Greek, Roman, and Kindred Evid', published 1988 under ISBN 9780521347945 and ISBN 0521347947.