Historical-Critical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mythology (SUNY Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

Translated here into English for the first time, F. W. J. Schelling's 1842 lectures on the Philosophy of Mythology are an early example of interdisciplinary thinking. In seeking to show the development of the concept of the divine Godhead in and through various mythological systems (particularly of ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Near East), Schelling develops the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions. In so doing, he brings together the essential relatedness of the development of philosophical systems, human language, history, ancient art forms, and religious thought. Along the way, he engages in analyses of modern philosophical views about the origins of philosophy's conceptual abstractions, as well as literary and philological analyses of ancient literature and poetry. Schelling- 1 Binder1 1 cover 1 iii 2 iv 3 v 4 vii 5 viii 6 ix 7 x 8 xi 9 xii 10 xiii 11 xv 12 xvi 13 xvii 14 xviii 15 xix 16 xx 17 xxi 18 xxii 19 xxiii 20 xxiv 21 xxv 22 Binder2 23 03 23 04 24 05 25 07 26 08 27 09 28 10 29 11 30 12 31 13 32 14 33 15 34 16 35 17 36 18 37 19 38 20 39 21 40 23 41 24 42 25 43 26 44 27 45 28 46 29 47 30 48 31 49 32 50 33 51 34 52 35 53 36 54 37 55 38 56 39 57 40 58 41 59 42 60 43 61 44 62 45 63 46 64 47 65 48 66 49 67 50 68 51 69 52 70 53 71 54 72 55 73 56 74 57 75 58 76 59 77 60 78 61 79 62 80 63 81 64 82 65 83 66 84 67 85 69 86 70 87 71 88 72 89 73 90 74 91 75 92 76 93 77 94 78 95 79 96 80 97 81 98 82 99 83 100 84 101 85 102 86 103 87 104 88 105 89 106 90 107 91 108 92 109 93 110 94 111 95 112 96 113 97 114 98 115 99 116 Binder1 117 00 117 01 118 03 119 04 120 05 121 06 122 07 123 08 124 09 125 10 126 11 127 12 128 13 129 14 130 15 131 16 132 17 133 18 134 19 135 20 136 21 137 22 138 23 139 24 140 25 141 26 142 27 143 28 144 29 145 30 146 31 147 32 148 33 149 34 150 35 151 36 152 37 153 38 154 39 155 40 156 41 157 42 158 43 159 44 160 45 161 46 162 47 163 48 164 49 165 50 166 51 167 52 168 53 169 54 170 55 171 56 172 57 173 58 174 59 175 60 176 61 177 62 178 63 179 64 180 65 181 66 182 67 183 68 184 69 185 70 186 71 187 72 188 73 189 74 190 75 191 77 192 78 193 79 194 80 195 81 196 82 197 83 198 84 199 85 200 86 201 87 202 88 203 89 204 90 205 91 206 92 207 93 208 94 209 95 210 96 211 97 212 98 213 99 214 Binder2 215 00 215 01 216 02 217 03 218 04 219 05 220 06 221 07 222 08 223 09 224 10 225 11 226 12 227 13 228 14 229 15 230 16 231 17 232 18 233 19 234 21 235 22 236 23 237 24 238 25 239 26 240 27 241 28 242 29 243 "Translated here into English for the first time, F.W.J. Schelling's 1842 lectures on the Philosophy of Mythology are an early example of interdisciplinary thinking. In seeking to show the development of the concept of the divine Godhead in and through various mythological systems (particularly of ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Near East), Schelling develops the idea that many philosophical concepts are born of religious-mythological notions. In so doing, he brings together the essential relatedness of the development of philosophical systems, human language, history, ancient art forms, and religious thought. Along the way, he engages in analyses of modern philosophical views about the origins of philosophy's conceptual abstractions, as well as literary and philological analyses of ancient literature and poetry."--Jacket