The Rediscovery of Meaning: And Other Essays"Owen Barfield has unusual ideas about human nature and reality.. Now this seasoned British thinker.offers a collection of Żessays ̈ that reflects the entire range of his interests, including the philosophy of science, physics, biology, psychology, metaphysics, aesthetics, literature, linguistics, and religion.. He is a prophet of the New Consciousness who has been around a long time; and he may well be the most comprehensive and critically incisive of them all." -The Kirkus Reviews |
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Dream Myth and Philosophical Double Vision | 24 |
Poetic Diction and Legal Fiction | 49 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Rediscovery of Meaning: And Other Essays |
| Author | Owen Barfield |
| Edition | 2, reprint |
| Publisher | Barfield Press, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1597311030, 9781597311038 |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern |
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