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Tradition, Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations

John Francis Arundell, Baron Arundell of Wardour

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 460 pages

A collection of essays from 1872 linking tradition, mythology, and the law of nations. It discusses themes such as natural law, chronology, the Deluge, Assyrian mythology, and debates on international law. It is of interest for the history of ideas, comparative mythology, and early theories of international law.

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Contents

  1. TRADITION PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO MYTHOLOGY AND THE LAW OF NATIONS.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. PREFACE.
  4. MEMOIR OF COLONEL GEORGE MACDONELL, C.B.
  5. CHAPTER I. THE LAW OF NATIONS.
  6. CHAPTER II THE LAW OF NATURE.
  7. CHAPTER III PRIMITIVE LIFE.
  8. CHAPTER IV CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TRADITION.
  9. CHAPTER V CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SCIENCE
  10. CHAPTER VI PALMER ON EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY.
  11. CHAPTER VII THE TRADITION OF THE HUMAN RACE.
  12. CHAPTER VIII MYTHOLOGY.
  13. CHAPTER IX ASSYRIAN MYTHOLOGY.
  14. CHAPTER X THE TRADITION OF NOAH AND THE DELUGE
  15. CHAPTER XI DILUVIAN TRADITIONS IN AFRICA AND AMERICA.
  16. CHAPTER XII SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON TRADITION.
  17. CHAPTER XIII NOAH AND THE GOLDEN AGE.
  18. CHAPTER XIV SIR H. MAINE ON THE LAW OF NATIONS.
  19. CHAPTER XV THE DECLARATION OF WAR.
  20. INDEX.
  21. BURNS, OATES & CO.’S LIST.
  22. Footnotes
  23. Transcriber’s Note
  24. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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