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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis Apocalypse and/or Metamorphosis Norman O. Brown University of California Press Berkeley • Los Angeles • Oxford University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. Oxford, England © 1991 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brown, Norman Oliver, 1913— Apocalypse and/or metamorphosis / Norman O. Brown, p. cm. Contents: Apocalypse—Daphne, or Metamorphosis—My georgics Metamorphoses II—The prophetic tradition—The apocalypse of Islam—Philosophy and prophecy—The turn to Spinoza— Metamorphoses III—Revisioning historical identities—Dionysus in 1990. ISBN 0-520-07298-7 (alk. paper) 1. Civilization—Philosophy. 2. Civilization—Psychological aspects. 3. Intellect. I. Title. CB19.B685 1991 901-dc20 90-47940 CIP Printed in the United States of America 987654321 • The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library © Material, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Kai fjLT) (rv(rxr}fJLaTL^e(T0e rd> ai&vi tovtq), dtkkd ^erayLOp<\>- ovcrOe rf) avotKaivoMJEi rov ^069 v/avv. And be not conformed to this world [be nonconformists]; but be ye transformed [metamorphose yourselves] by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2 Contents reface Apocalypse: The Place of Mystery in the Life of the Mind Daphne, or Metamorphosis My Georgics: A Palinode in Praise of Work Metamorphoses II: Actaeon The Prophetic Tradition The Apocalypse of Islam Philosophy and Prophecy: Spinoza's Hermeneutics The Turn to Spinoza Metamorphoses III: The Divine Narcissus Revisioning Historical Identities Dionysus in 1990
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