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OverviewIn Science and Myth the author shows, in the first place, that science too has its mythology, unrecognized and unacknowledged though the fact be. These scientistic myths, however, turn out to constitute what he terms anti-myths: a kind that would banish all others, and in so doing, undermine not only religion and morality, but indeed all culture in its higher modes. What invalidates the contemporary scientific world-view and renders it mythical in the pejorative sense, he goes on to contend, proves finally to be the underlying hypothesis that human perception terminates, not in an external object, but in a subjective phantasm. Not only does the author maintain cogently that visual perception, in particular, does penetrate to the external world, but basing himself on traditional sources-fromVedic to Biblical-he shows that sight as such opens in principle to a veritable gnosis: a seeing of the Real. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wolfgang SmithPublisher: Sophia Perennis Imprint: Sophia Perennis Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781597310987ISBN 10: 1597310980 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 07 April 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |