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When the Norns Have Spoken
Anthony Winterbourne
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Hardback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
This book argues that within Germanic paganism, considered not as mere cult but as a system of beliefs, it is possible to identify a conceptually coherent understanding of fate which detaches that idea from time, and connects it instead with an implicit theses about the nature of truth as written. Germanic cosmogony, as represented in such precise images as a world-tree, provides a context for an analysis of specific metaphors for the workings of fate as woven or spun by such figures as the Nornsthe Norse goddesses of destiny. Employing both philosophical and mythic-linguistic considerations, this book also offers new ... Read more
This book argues that within Germanic paganism, considered not as mere cult but as a system of beliefs, it is possible to identify a conceptually coherent understanding of fate which detaches that idea from time, and connects it instead with an implicit theses about the nature of truth as written. Germanic cosmogony, as represented in such precise images as a world-tree, provides a context for an analysis of specific metaphors for the workings of fate as woven or spun by such figures as the Nornsthe Norse goddesses of destiny. Employing both philosophical and mythic-linguistic considerations, this book also offers new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611472967
SKU
V9781611472967
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About Anthony Winterbourne
During his years as a lecturer, Anthony Winterbourne's primary philosophical interests were German metaphysics and epistemology, in which fields he contributed a number of papers to academic journals. His first book was The Ideal and the Real: An Outline of Kant's theory of Space, Time and Mathematical Construction, and he also published two books on the philosophical context of Wagnerian ... Read more
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