Ricoeurs Phenonenology eschews Aristotleian and Kantian rationalism preferring the  essence -seeking descriptions that relate to concrete experience. He may therefore be committed to a form of dualism that is dialectical

The legend of Icarus is a transcendental analogy with a message for humanity relating to the inherent hubris of man. Knowing oneself involves knowing ones limitations and  valuing ones mortality. Deus Absconditis , the "new men" and their ...

The History of World Mythology and Europes legacy of Ancient Greece, The Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Pelagius and the Free Will versus Original Sin. Loss of belief in the clergy, brutal burnings at the stake and the legacy of Romanticism...

Europe and the Levant.  Aristotle influential in both but Arabic commentaries narrowed the focus of Aristotles Metaphysical and Political/Ethical writings. The rise of Islam on the basis of  the revelations and visions of one illitera...

The Celtic Culture of slaves, Druids, Knights and romantic tales of the afterlife.Gnostic Immantism and "The Kingdom of God is not coming it is here, now and within you" Aristotles Influence counteracting supernaturalism. The cross of light and...