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HISTORY IN ENGLISH WORDS
HISTORY IN
ENGLISH WORDS
BY
OWEN BARFIELD
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1926
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
CONTENTS
| PART I | ||
| THE ENGLISH NATION | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | PHILOLOGY AND THE ARYANS | 3 |
| II. | THE SETTLEMENT OF EUROPE | 20 |
| III. | ENGLAND BEFORE THE REFORMATION | 35 |
| IV. | MODERN ENGLAND | 50 |
| PART II | ||
| THE WESTERN OUTLOOK | ||
| V. | MYTH | 71 |
| VI. | PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION | 85 |
| VII. | DEVOTION | 107 |
| VIII. | EXPERIMENT | 128 |
| IX. | PERSONALITY AND REASON | 145 |
| X. | MECHANISM | 167 |
| XI. | IMAGINATION | 185 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 205 | |
| INDEX | 209 | |