With a new Introduction by the author
'An elegant and sane little book. - The New Statesman
Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are
everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories
of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the
pursuit of self interest; and in science the idea of human beings
as machines, which originates in the seventeenth century, is a
today a potent force. Far from being the opposite of science,
however, Midgley argues that myth is a central part of it. Myths
are neither lies nor mere stories but a network of powerful symbols
for interpreting the world. Tackling a dazzling array of subjects
such as philosophy, evolutionary psychology, animals, consciousness
and the environment in her customary razor-sharp prose, The Myths
We Live By reminds us of the powerful role of symbolism and the
need to take our imaginative life seriously.
Mary Midgley is a moral philosopher and the author of many books
including Wickedness, Evolution as a Religion, Beast and Man and
Science and Poetry. All are published in Routledge Classics.
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