{"id":6797,"date":"2016-08-09T09:47:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T17:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsbs.wpengine.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=6797"},"modified":"2024-02-17T14:14:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T22:14:45","slug":"history-in-english-words","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/product\/history-in-english-words\/","title":{"rendered":"History in English Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>History in English Words<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn our language alone, not to speak of its many companions, the past history of humanity is spread out in an imperishable map, just as the history of the mineral earth lies embedded in the layers of its outer crust&#8230;. Language has preserved for us the inner, living history of our soul. It reveals the evolution of consciousness\u201d \u2014<strong>Owen Barfield<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For more than three-quarters of a century, Owen Barfield produced original and thought-provoking works that made him a legendary cult figure.\u00a0<i>History in English Words<\/i>\u00a0is his classic excursion into history through the English language.<\/p>\n<p>This popular book provides a brief, brilliant history of the various peoples who have spoken the Indo-European tongues. It is illustrated throughout by current English words whose derivation from other languages, and whose history in use and changes of meaning, record and unlock the larger history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C O N T E N T S:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The English Nation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Philogy and the Aryans<\/li>\n<li>The Settlement and Europe<\/li>\n<li>England before the Reformation<\/li>\n<li>Modern England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Western Outlook:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Myth<\/li>\n<li>Philosophy and Religion<\/li>\n<li>Devotion<\/li>\n<li>Experiment<\/li>\n<li>Personality and Reason<\/li>\n<li>Mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Imagination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Afterword<br \/>\nIndex<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Owen Barfield<\/b>\u00a0(1898\u20131997), the British philosopher and critic, has been called the \u201cFirst and Last Inkling,\u201d because of his influence and enduring role in the group known as the Oxford Inklings. The Inklings included C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. It was Barfield who first advanced the ideas about language, myth, and belief that became identified with the thinking and art of the Inklings. He is the author of numerous books, including\u00a0<i>Poetic Diction: A Study in Meaning; Romanticism Comes of Age; Unancestoral Voice; History in English Words;<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Worlds Apart: A Dialogue of the 1960s.<\/i>\u00a0His history of the evolution of human consciousness,\u00a0<i>Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry,<\/i>\u00a0achieved a place in the list of the \u201c100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This book ships in about 2-3 days.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Read about Domestic &amp; International Drop Shipments <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><a style=\"color: #800080;\" href=\"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/ds-shipping-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Available here as an <a href=\"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/product\/history-in-english-words-ebook\/\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">EBOOK<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":55423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[12347,45,12368,6388,12372,12494,10997,6406],"product_tag":[13161],"giftcard-category":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6797"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6797"},{"taxonomy":"giftcard-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookstore.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/giftcard-category?post=6797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}