The Great Chain Of Being: A Study Of The History Of An Idea - 9780674361539

From later antiquity to the close of the 18th century, most educated men accepted without question a traditional view of the plan and structure of the world. In this volume, Lovejoy copiously illustrates the influence of this conception, and of the ideas out of which it was compounded, upon the imagination and feelings as expressed in literature.

• | By (Author): Arthur O. Lovejoy
• | Series: The William James Lectures
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 31, 1936
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780674361539