Santillana, Giorgio De
Hamlet's Mill: A Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth
- ISBN 13:
- 9780879232153
- author:
- Santillana, Giorgio De
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- David R. Godine Publisher Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2015
- Pages:
- 512
- Dimensions:
- 150mm X 226mm
- Genre:
- Epistemology, theory of knowledge
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 15 working days
Description
Hamlet's Mill: An Essay on Myth and the Frame of Time by Giorgio De Santillana and Hertha von Dechend A groundbreaking work of scientific and philosophical exploration, this book challenges conventional views on the development and transmission of knowledge. The authors argue that myths are the remnants of a preliterate astronomy, a precise science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an emerging Greco-Roman worldview. Drawing on scientific data, historical, and literary sources, De Santillana and von Dechend propose a radical new thesis: that all myths share a common origin in a celestial cosmology. This fascinating book throws into doubt long-held assumptions about Western science and its relationship with mythology. A seminal work that should be read by anyone interested in the intersections of science, myth, and the history of knowledge.
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