The Great Chain of Being

The Great Chain of Being
Author :
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 404
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780674255425
ISBN-13 : 0674255429
Rating : 4/5 (429 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Great Chain of Being by : Arthur O. Lovejoy

Download or read book The Great Chain of Being written by Arthur O. Lovejoy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971-10-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From later antiquity down to the close of the eighteenth century, most philosophers and men of science and, indeed, most educated men, accepted without question a traditional view of the plan and structure of the world.In this volume, which embodies the William James lectures for 1933, Arthur O. Lovejoy points out the three principles—plenitude, continuity, and graduation—which were combined in this conception; analyzes their origins in the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and the Neoplatonists; traces the most important of their diverse samifications in subsequent religious thought, in metaphysics, in ethics and aesthetics, and in astronomical and biological theories; and copiously illustrates the influence of the conception as a whole, and of the ideas out of which it was compounded, upon the imagination and feelings as expressed in literature.

The Great Chain of Being Related Books

The Great Chain of Being
Language: en
Pages: 404
Authors: Arthur O. Lovejoy
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 1971-10-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

GET EBOOK

From later antiquity down to the close of the eighteenth century, most philosophers and men of science and, indeed, most educated men, accepted without question
The Great Chain of Being
Language: en
Pages: 395
Authors: Arthur O. LOVEJOY
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

GET EBOOK

Paper mosaics, silk screen prints, fold-outs, silhouettes, and other types of cards to make yourself.
The Great Chain of Being
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: Arthur Lovejoy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-12 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

This is arguably the seminal work in historical and philosophical analysis of the twentieth century. Originally delivered for the William James lecture series a
The Great Chain of Unbeing
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Andrew Crumey
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-01 - Publisher: SCB Distributors

GET EBOOK

Andrew Crumey’s novels are renowned for their unique blend of science, history, philosophy and humour. Now he brings the same insight and originality to this
Centaurs and Amazons
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Page DuBois
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991-07 - Publisher: University of Michigan Press

GET EBOOK

DIVTraces the development of the Greek hierarchical view of life that continues to permeate Western society /div