How the Worlds Became

Philosophy and the Oldest Stories

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Stephen R.L. Clark

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Our ancestors told many a story about the world, addressing in imaginative terms questions we now consider philosophical or scientific. Among the oldest stories are those telling how the First Thing emerged from Nothing and gradually became "the ten thousand things," including powers of a larger and longer-lasting sort than those of mortals, sometimes represented in the motion of heavenly bodies. Such imaginative tellings or myths in some ways resemble modern cosmological theories, but in their original sense were transformative resources for humane living, providing ways of enlivening our spirits. "The lover of myth," as Aristotle said, "is in a way a lover of wisdom, for the myth is composed of wonders." Let us then approach the stories included here as just such lovers of wisdom, keeping a keen but sympathetic eye out for their wonders, intent on unveiling new insights into our beginnings, and that of all the creatures with whom we share the world.

Author Biography:

STEPHEN R. L. CLARK is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, and an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Theology at the University of Bristol. His books include The Mysteries of Religion: An Introduction to Philosophy Through Religion (1986), How to Live Forever: Science Fiction and Philosophy (1995), G. K. Chesterton: Thinking Backwards, Looking Forwards (2006), Plotinus: Myth, Metaphor and Philosophical Practice (2016), Can We Believe in People: Human Significance in an Interconnected Cosmos (2020), and Cities and Thrones and Powers: Towards a Plotinian Politics (2022). His chief current interests are in the philosophy of Plotinus, the understanding and treatment of non-human animals, neurodiversity, and science fiction.

Release date Australia

June 15th, 2023

Author

Stephen R.L. Clark

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

340

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9781621389354

Product ID

37848191

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