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On the Deities of Samothrace

On the Deities of Samothrace - Studies in Continental Thought

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In 1815, F. W. J. Schelling presented a lecture titled "On the Deities of Samothrace" to the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. The lecture offered a startlingly original reading of the ancient Greek mystery religion on the island of Samothrace. It would be the last book Schelling himself published, and it is the key to his influential Philosophy of Mythology.
Now, for the first time in English, this critical edition contains the entirety of Schelling's original text, including the lecture itself, Schelling's afterword, and all his extensive philosophical and philological endnotes. It also offers copious explanatory notes, photographs and maps of the site, and three interpretive essays by the editors and translators elucidating Schelling's text for contemporary readers.
On the Deities of Samothrace is one of Schelling's most original and exciting works. It is a signature text in Schelling's thought and in the philosophy of religion generally.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780253071118
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 292.08
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 522g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm