#eric havelock

[gods-and-radicals]

A Review of "Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits"

A Review of “Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits”

Gordon White’s impressive book Star.Ships: A Prehistory of the Spirits has garnered extensive well-deserved attention. There have been numerous excellent reviews (for a brief selection see here, here, and here) and Gordon has not been shy about giving fascinating interviews concerning the book and all related topics (see here, here, here, here, here, and here). Gordon is also well know for his…

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[lisaxcohen]

At some time toward the end of the fifth century before Christ, it became possible for a few Greeks to talk about their 'souls' as though they had selves or personalities which were autonomous and not fragments of the atmosphere nor of a cosmic life force, but what we might call entities or real substances.

Preface to Plato, chapter 11 "Psyche or the Separation of the Knower from the Known", Eric A. Havelock, 1963

[electricjon]

check it out, school shit