The Greeks and the Irrational

Eric R. Dodds

Suggested citation:
Dodds, Eric R. The Greeks and the Irrational. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1951, 1973 printing. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft0x0n99vw/

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Preface

I Agamemnon's Apology
II From Shame-Culture to Guilt-Culture
III The Blessings of Madness
IV Dream-Pattern And Culture-Pattern
V The Greek Shamans and the Origin of Puritanism.
VI Rationalism And Reaction In The Classical Age
VII Plato, The Irrational Soul, And The Inherited Conglomerate
VIII The Fear of Freedom

Appendix I Maenadism
Appendix II Theurgy
Notes

Contents