Stefan Stenudd

Broschiertes Buch

Cosmos of the Ancients. The Greek Philosophers on Myth and Cosmology

Beschreibung

The Greek philosophers lived in a time when the gods and the myths about them were very much alive, and there was no scientific evidence dismissing them. This book explores to what extent the Greeks were able to question their own mythology. This is done by examining the cosmology of their philosophers, and what roles they allowed therein for the gods. Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, who specializes on studies of the patterns of thought in creation myths.

Autor

Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author, historian of ideas, artist, and a long-time instructor in the peaceful martial art aikido. He has published a number of books in Swedish as well as English, both fiction and non-fiction. Among the latter is an interpretation of the Chinese Taoist classic Tao Te Ching and of the Japanese samurai classic Go Rin no Sho (Book of Five Rings) by Miyamoto Musashi. His novels explore existential subjects from stoneage drama to science fiction, but lately stay more and more focused on the present. He has also written some plays for the stage and scripts for the screen. In the history of ideas he studies the thought patterns of creation myths, as well as Aristotle's Poetics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arriba
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 282g
• ISBN-13: 9789178940455
• ISBN-10: 9178940451
• Artikelnr.: 33678734