Psyche - The Cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality Among the Greeks

Informationen zum Autor Erwin Rohde Klappentext A classic examination of the soul and its relation to life before and after death! from Homeric poetry to Plutarch. Zusammenfassung First published in 2000. This is Volume VI of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on Philosophy of Religion and General Philosophy. Written around 1925, This book entitled Psyche, offers an account of the opinions held by the Greeks about the life of the human soul after death, and is thus intended as a contribution to the history of Greek religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1; Chapter I Beliefs about the Soul and Cult of Souls in the Homeric Poems; Chapter II Islands of the Best; Chapter III Cave Deities : Subterranean Translation; Chapter IV Heroes; Chapter V The Cult of Souls; Chapter VI The Eleusinian Mysteries; Chapter VII Ideas of the Future Life; Part II; Chapter VIII Origins of the Belief in Immortality; Chapter IX Dionysiac Religion in Greece; Chapter X The Orphics; Chapter XI The Philosophers; Chapter XII The Lay Authors; Chapter XIII Plato; Chapter XIV The Later Age of the Greek World;

Product details

• Authors: Erwin Rohde, Rohde Erwin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415614016
• ISBN: 978-0-415-61401-6
• No. of pages: 644
• Series: International Library of Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy