Historical-critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology by F W J Schelling

Historical-critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology by F W J Schelling

Translated here into English for the first time, F. W. J. Schelling's 1842 lectures on the Philosophy of Mythology are an early example of interdisciplinary thinking. In seeking to show the development of the concept of the divine Godhead in and through various mythological systems (particularly of ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Near East), Schelling develops the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions. In so doing, he brings together the essential relatedness of the development of philosophical systems, human language, history, ancient art forms, and religious thought. Along the way, he engages in analyses of modern philosophical views about the origins of philosophy's conceptual abstractions, as well as literary and philological analyses of ancient literature and poetry.

Michael G. Vater is Associate Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Marquette University. He translated and edited Schelling's Bruno or On the Natural and Divine Principle of Things, also published by SUNY Press. David W. Wood is a postdoctoral researcher at the Fichte Commission at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany. He translated and edited Novalis's Notes for a Romantic Encyclopaedia: Das Allgemeine Brouillon, also published by SUNY Press.

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ISBN 13	9780791471326
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Title	Historical-critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology
Author	F W J Schelling
Series	Suny Series In Contemporary Continental Philosophy
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	2008-06-05
Number of pages	264
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