The Great Chain of Being

Informationen zum Autor Arthur O. Lovejoy taught philosophy for nearly forty years at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of numerous works, including Essays in the History of Ideas and Revolt against Dualism. Klappentext 'Men are galvanized by ideas and act as vehicles for them ...Such a ruling idea is that of the great chain of being. Prof. Lovejoy's study records the birth, the growth, the vicissitudes, transformations, and finally the senility, and perhaps the death of this idea. The study is as fascinating as that of the rise and decay of an empire, and, in fact, it is the study of the empire of an idea over human minds throughout many centuries...Prof. Lovejoy's approach is fresh and different.' Modern Language Notes Zusammenfassung From later antiquity to the close of the 18th century! most educated men accepted without question a traditional view of the plan and structure of the world. In this volume! Lovejoy copiously illustrates the influence of this conception! and of the ideas out of which it was compounded! upon the imagination and feelings as expressed in literature.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur O Lovejoy, Arthur O. Lovejoy, Lovejoy Arthur O.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.1972
• EAN: 9780674361539
• ISBN: 978-0-674-36153-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 203 mm x 25 mm
• Series: William James Lectures; William James Lectures; William James Lectures (HUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Metaphysics