The symbolism of evil / Paul Ricoeur ; translated from the French by Emerson Buchanan. [print]

By:

Ricur, Paul [Author]

Contributor(s):

Buchanan, Emerson

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780807015674

Uniform titles:

Symbolique du mal. English

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BT715
BT715.B918.S963 1969

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Defilement -- Sin -- Guilt -- Recapitulation of the symbolism of evil in the concept of the servile will -- The "myths" of the beginning and of the end -- The symbolic function of myths -- The drama of creation and the "ritual" vision of the world -- The wicked god and the "tragic" vision of existence -- The "Adamic" myth and the "eschatological" vision of history -- The myth of the exiled soul and salvation through knowledge -- The cycle of the myths -- The symbol gives rise to thought.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BT715.R4813 1969 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001655162

"An Ariadne book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Phenomenology of "confession" -- Defilement -- Sin -- Guilt -- Recapitulation of the symbolism of evil in the concept of the servile will -- The "myths" of the beginning and of the end -- The symbolic function of myths -- The drama of creation and the "ritual" vision of the world -- The wicked god and the "tragic" vision of existence -- The "Adamic" myth and the "eschatological" vision of history -- The myth of the exiled soul and salvation through knowledge -- The cycle of the myths -- The symbol gives rise to thought.

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