Le référent mythique dans le discours physiognomonique et l’analyse onirocritique
Physiognomony and onirocritics are two sciences that are supposed to provide the means to know one’ s future through one’ s ability to decipher the precursory signs of forthcoming events revealed by one’ s physiognomy or dreams. Analogy is a mode of interpretation common to both disciplines, but whi...
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| Language: | fra |
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Pallas |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/pallas/14270 |
| Summary: | Physiognomony and onirocritics are two sciences that are supposed to provide the means to know one’ s future through one’ s ability to decipher the precursory signs of forthcoming events revealed by one’ s physiognomy or dreams. Analogy is a mode of interpretation common to both disciplines, but while onirocritics frequently resorts to the interpretation of dream visions in a round about way through mythical narrative, physiognomony very seldom refers to myth and solely as an authoritative argument : myth does not constitute a method of exegesis in physiognomony. Moreover Artemidorus’ attitude in his treatise The key to dreams shows that the scientist does not theorise the use of myth in a dogmatic way but that the latter must be validated by experience. Myth is subjected to the criteria of scientific empiricism rather than to rational philosophical criticism. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-0387 2272-7639 |