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... ritual . It has not come into existence in answer to speculations about the origin of things , but as a ritual means of maintaining the necessary order of things essential for the well- being of the community.1 We can now define the ...
... ritual . It has not come into existence in answer to speculations about the origin of things , but as a ritual means of maintaining the necessary order of things essential for the well- being of the community.1 We can now define the ...
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... ritual explain that a whole series of actions performed by the king symbolised the exploits of Marduk in the story of Creation . That story is , in fact , the aetiological myth of the New Year festival . Now we know that an aetiological ...
... ritual explain that a whole series of actions performed by the king symbolised the exploits of Marduk in the story of Creation . That story is , in fact , the aetiological myth of the New Year festival . Now we know that an aetiological ...
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... ritual drama is performed , to reinforce its efficacy with all the majesty of the superhuman precedent . Now so long as the myth remains part of a living ritual , its symbolic meaning is clear . But when the ritual has fallen into ...
... ritual drama is performed , to reinforce its efficacy with all the majesty of the superhuman precedent . Now so long as the myth remains part of a living ritual , its symbolic meaning is clear . But when the ritual has fallen into ...
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The Harmony of the Spheres 1930 | 14 |
The Unwritten Philosophy 1935 | 31 |
Platos Commonwealth 1935 | 47 |
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A. W. Verrall abstract Aeschylus Anaxagoras Anaximander ancient Apsu Aristotle Athens atoms beauty become believe birth called Callicles Cambridge century city-state concepts Cornford cosmogony Creation Cronos death Democritus desire divine doctrine dragon earth Epicurus episodes Eros existence fact Farrington festival Gaia gods Greek harmony heaven Heracleitus Hesiod history of philosophy human hymn ideal immortality individual intellectual Ionian systems Jessica king knowledge lectures Letter Plato living Lorenzo lovers of wisdom Lucretius mankind Marduk marriage Marxian material means mind moral motive myth mythical nature never object origin Ouranos Parmenides passion perfect Phaedo philo physical Plato poets political primitive Prometheus Pythagoras question rational rationalised reason recognised religion religious Republic ritual scientific sense social society Socrates sopher Sophocles soul speculation symbolism Theogony theory things thought Thucydides Tiamat traditional true truth unconscious universe wealth whole word world-order Zeus