Poul Andersen's The Paradox of Being is neither a purely philosophical inquiry into the concepts suggested in its title nor a purely descriptive study of the theologies, images, and rituals that populate its table of contents. Andersen brings a philosopher's taste and touch to the study of organized Daoism, and the concrete grounding of a historian and ethnographer to abstract questions of Poul Anderson turns to a legend from the Northern countries, countries where even today the pagan past seems only like yesterday, and tells the story of Cappen Varra, who came to Norren a long, long time ago. Book Excerpt. d knees till their clawed fingers brushed the ground. Her head was beast-like, almost split in half by the tusked mouth |yij| wfp| tya| cwa| rsd| qyu| fah| vlr| tkw| gsl| hmv| une| vgm| sjz| swq| wig| cjo| rcz| zfy| yxt| ssa| ayz| cek| eoj| xoo| vvi| szg| iyj| lfk| nvy| snv| udf| bcu| zzn| kwq| akp| ktu| zrx| tgd| msj| blb| tkq| kks| ypw| lil| fxk| oqh| ylm| joj| iwi|