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Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.
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Images and Symbols, Mircea Eliade
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- 1991
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- Title
- Images and Symbols
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mircea Eliade
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 069102068X
- ISBN13
- 9780691020686
- Category
- Social sciences, Esotericism and Religion
- Description
- Shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is an essential function of human consciousness. The author analyzes powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.