Originally, the term "symbol" did not mean "conventional sign of something else" or "something which relates to something else by similarity". In ancient Greece it had the meaning of “a half complementary of a whole”. The essay reconstructs the epistemic history of this notion and considers the Christian culture as the key-moment of the transition to the modern meaning
LO PIPARO F (2006). Archeologia del simbolo. VS, 2006, 11-26.
Archeologia del simbolo
LO PIPARO, Francesco
2006-01-01
Abstract
Originally, the term "symbol" did not mean "conventional sign of something else" or "something which relates to something else by similarity". In ancient Greece it had the meaning of “a half complementary of a whole”. The essay reconstructs the epistemic history of this notion and considers the Christian culture as the key-moment of the transition to the modern meaning
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