Author:
Barfield, Osen, 1898-1997.
Imprint:Oxford, Eng : Barfield Press, c2011.
Description225 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:The rainbow -- Collective representations -- Figuration and thinking -- Participation -- Pre-history -- Original participation -- Appearance and hypothesis -- Technology and truth -- An evolution of idols -- The evolution of phenomena -- Medieval environment -- Some changes -- The texture of medieval thought -- Before and after the scientific revolution -- The Graeco-Roman age (mind and motion) -- Israel -- The development of meaning -- The origin of language -- Symptoms of iconoclasm -- Final participation -- Saving the appearances -- Space time and wisdom -- Religion -- The incarnation of the Word -- The mystery of the kingdom..
Note:Saving The Appearances is about the world as we see it and the world as it is; it is about God, human nature, and consciousness. This book draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats. --From publisher's description.
