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Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats.
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Saving the Appearances is about the world as we see it and the world as it is; it is about God, human nature, and consciousness. The best known of numerous books by the British sage whom C.S. Lewis called the "wisest and best of my unofficial teachers," it draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats. Barfield urges his readers to do away with the assumption that the relationship between people and their environment is static. He dares us to end our exploitation of the natural world and to acknowledge, even revel in, our participation in the diurnal creative process.
Author Biography
A respected philosopher, jurist, and student of the nature of language and human consciousness, OWEN BARFIELD's many books published by Wesleyan include Saving the Appearances (1988), Poetic Diction (1984), and Worlds Apart (1971). He lived in East Sussex, England, at the time of his death in 1997 at the age of 99.
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Wesleyan Edition Introduction The Rainbow Collective Representations Figuration and Thinking Participation Pre-History Original Participation Appearance and Hypothesis Technology and Truth An Evolution of Idols The Evolution of Phenomena Medieval Environment Some Changes The Texture of Medieval Thought Before and After the Scientific Revolution The Graeco-Roman Age (Mind and Motion) Israel The Development of Meaning The Origin of Language Symptoms of Iconoclasm Final Participation Saving the Appearances Space Time and Wisdom Religion The Incarnation Of the Word The Mystery of the Kingdom Index
Review
"This is a book of very high distinction. It is basic, profound, original, and difficult. Time may seal it as a masterpiece...It contains an entirely original approach to Christian perplexities, and it refounds Christian hope on a new and sound base. It is a great book, and it takes one into new worlds of opportunity."--Church Times"We are well supplied with interesting writers, but Owen Barfield is not content to be merely interesting. His ambition is to set us free from the prison we have made for ourselves by our ways of knowing, our limited and false habits of thought, our 'common sense'"--Saul Bellow
Review Quote
"We are well supplied with interesting writers, but Owen Barfield is not content to be merely interesting. His ambition is to set us free from the prison we have made for ourselves by our ways of knowing, our limited and false habits of thought, our 'common sense'"--Saul Bellow
Details ISBN081956205X Author Owen Barfield Pages 191 Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 081956205X ISBN-13 9780819562050 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 126 Year 1988 Imprint Wesleyan University Press Subtitle Study in Idolatry Place of Publication Hanover Country of Publication United States Birth 1898 Death 1997 Residence US Short Title SAVING THE APPEARANCES /E/E 2/ Edition Description Edition. DOI 10.1604/9780819562050 AU Release Date 1988-08-31 NZ Release Date 1988-08-31 UK Release Date 1988-08-01 Publisher Wesleyan University Press Publication Date 1988-08-01 Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 1988-08-01 We've got this
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