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Le sacré et le profane Mircea Eliade · 1959 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man… Shares Philosophie, Histoire, Religion, Philosophy

What is history? Edward Hallet Carr · 1961 · ★ 3.9 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. Shares Historiography, Philosophie, Histoire, Philosophy

A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking · 1988 · ★ 4.2 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Stephen Hawking's ‘A Brief History of Time* has become an international publishing phenomenon. Translated into thirty languages, it has sold over ten million copies worldwide and lives on as a science book that continues to captivate and inspire new readers each year. When it was first published in 1988 the ideas discussed in it were at the cutting edge of what was then known about the universe.… Shares Cosmologie, Temps, Cosmology

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche · 1909 · 18p · ≈ 36m · Moderate Shares Philosophie, Philosophy with this book.

Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 Andrew Lang · 1887 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Myth, Religion, Mythology with this book.

Myth, ritual and religion

Myth, ritual and religion Andrew Lang · 1906 · 283p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Myth, Religion, Mythology with this book.

A Study of History Arnold J. Toynbee · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Moderate A masterful attempt to describe a universal history. Staggering depth of scholarship and breath of thought. Shares Historiography, Philosophie, Histoire, Philosophy

Eureka Edgar Allan Poe · 1848 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Challenging "This edition puts Eureka in context, explaining Poe's excellent grasp of then-new developments in astronomy, his often-prescient considerations of what was known and what might come next. (Poe is especially good on space-time) and the close connections between Eureka and the thought and attitudes of his era." "Through extensive annotations this edition of Eureka demonstrates intimate connections… Shares Cosmologie, Cosmology

A Short History of Myth Karen Armstrong · 2005 · ★ 3.7 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The history of myth is the history of humanity; our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. Myths help us make sense of the universe. Armstrong takes us from the Palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'Great Western Transformation' of the last 500 years and the discrediting of myth by science.… Shares Myth, Mythology, History

Aspects du mythe Mircea Eliade · 1963 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Myth, Mythology, History with this book.

The sacred mountains Joel Tyler Headley · 1847 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Religious aspects, Mythology with this book.

Man and the sun Jacquetta Hawkes · 1962 · ★ 4.0 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A study of the relationship between the sun and man, prehistory to the hydrogen bomb. Shares Religious aspects, Mythology

Coach

Coach Art Williams · 2006 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Now, for the first time, the complete story of A.L. Williams, told by the Coach himself! Art Williams shares the inspirational story of what it took to build a tiny "peanut" of a company into an industry giant. Full of heroes and villains, amazing victories and dashing defeats, this book is a must-read for anyone who's ever dreamed of building a team, of winning big, of doing what others said… Shares Histoire, History

The sacred mushroom and the cross John Marco Allegro · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Moderate The book relates the development of language to the development of myths, religions, and cultic practices in world cultures. Allegro argues, through etymology, that the roots of Christianity, and many other religions, lay in fertility cults, and that cult practices, such as ingesting visionary plants to perceive the mind of God, persisted into the early Christian era, and to some unspecified… Shares Religious aspects, Christianity, Religion, Mythology

Myth and Science Tito Vignoli · 1882 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Shares Myth, Religion, Philosophy, Mythology with this book.

The religion of ancient Scandinavia William A. Craigie · 1906 · 71p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Shares Religion, Mythology with this book.

Culture and religion in some of their relations John Campbell Shairp · 1871 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Christianity, Religion, Philosophy with this book.

A philosophy of political myth Chiara Bottici · 2007 · 295p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In this book, Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. Bottici demonstrates that myth is a process, one of continuous work on a basic narrative pattern that responds to a need for significance. Human beings need meaning in order to master the world they live in, but they also need significance in order to live in a world that is less indifferent to them. This… Shares Myth, Philosophy, Mythology

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