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In thisimportantstudyErnstCassireranalyzesthenon-rationalthoughtprocessesttiatgotomake up culture.He demonstratesthat beneath bothianguageandmyth therelies anunconscious"grammar"ofexperience,whosecategoriesandcanonsarenot thoseoflogical thought.He shows thatthisprelogical"logic"is notmerely anundevelopedstateofrationality,but some-ittitrg- basicallyclifierent,andthatthisarchaicmotle ofthoughtstillhasenorlnousPowerovereven ourmostrigorousthought,inlanguage'poetryandmyth.The authoranalyzesbrilliantlysuchseeminglycliverse(yetrelated)phenom'enaasthemetaphysics oftheBhagavatGita,the Melanesianconcept ofl\4ana,theNaturphilosophieofSchelling,modern poetry,AncientEgyptianreligion,andsymboliclogic.He coversavast range ofmaterialthatis alltoooftenneglectedin studiesofhumanthought.These sixessaysare ofgreat interesttothestutlent ofphilosophyorthephilosophyof science,thehistorian, ortheanthropologist.Theyarealsore-markabiytimelyforstudentsofliterature,whatwith theenormousemphasisplacedupon"myth"inmodern literaryspeculation.Thil bookisnot super-hcialspeculationby a <tabbler,buta penetratingstudy by one ofthe mostprofoundandsensitivephilosophicmindsofour time.Translated,withprefacebySusanneK.Lauger.Unabridged.Index.x+103pp.\sAx8.Paperbound.FreeCompleteDoverCataloeavailableponrequest rom DoverPublications, nc..3lEast 2ndStreetMineota,N.Y.rrs0l

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