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The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea - Arthur O. Lovejoy
The Great Chain of Being: A Study of the History of an Idea
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Arthur O. Lovejoy,Paperback,Series: William James Lectures Series, English-language edition,Pub by Harvard University Press
Arthur O. Lovejoy,Paperback,Series: William James Lectures Series, English-language edition,Pub by Harvard University Press
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780674361539 (0674361539)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 382
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, History, Literature, Science, 20th Century, Religion, Philosophy, Christianity, Psychology
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Lovejoy essentially invented the field of "history of ideas" as something beyond the study of philosophy. Here he traces the transmission of the idea of the "Great Chain of Being" (i.e. the idea that there is a hierarchy of creation) from ancient Greece through modern times, arguing that it so imbue...
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