Myth and Science - An Essay

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Myth and Science, by Tito Vignoli This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Myth and Science An Essay Author: Tito Vignoli Release Date: February 19, 2006 [EBook #17802] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MYTH AND SCIENCE *** Produced by R. Cedron, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe at http://dp.rastko.net THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. VOL. XXXVIII. MYTH AND SCIENCE AN ESSAY BY TITO VIGNOLI THIRD EDITION LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH & CO., 1, PATERNOSTER SQU. 1885 CONTENTS. I ON IDEAS AND SOURCES OF MYTH 1 II ANIMAL SENSATION AND PERCEPTION 48 III HUMAN SENSATION AND PERCEPTION 68 IV THE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 104 V THE ANIMAL AND HUMAN EXERCISE OF THE INTELLECT ON THE PERCEPTION OF THINGS 116 VI INTRINSIC LAW OF THE FACULTY OF APPREHENSION 135 VII THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF MYTH AND SCIENCE 155 ON DREAMS, ILLUSIONS, NORMAL AND ABNORMAL VIII HALLUCINATIONS, DELIRIUM, AND MADNESS—CONCLUSION 241 INDEX 328 CHAPTER I. THE IDEAS AND SOURCES OF MYTH.