Myths we live by

By:

"Midgley, Mary"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Routledge; 2004Description: 192pISBN:

9780415340779

Subject(s):

Myths

DDC classification:

291.13 MID

Summary: Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.

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Mary Midgley argues in her powerful new book that far from being the opposite of science, myth is a central part of it. In brilliant prose, she claims that myths are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world.

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