Thomas Yaeger's Blog

A radical exploration of the ancient origins of philosophical thought. Much of the evidence for the long history of philosophy never features in the modern academic curriculum. My books are available from major retailers, including Apple Books, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and also direct from Smashwords. Not available from Amazon.

Saturday, 31 August 2019

The Ka and Totality in Ancient Egypt

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This is a speculative essay on the meaning of the Ka in ancient Egypt from May 1988. I'd forgotten that I'd written this, and ...
Sunday, 25 August 2019

Cosmotheism, Totality, and the Transcendental (Complete)

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[This text originally appeared on my blog in four parts, as: 'Philosophical Thought in Greece and Babylonia' I-IV, during t...
Wednesday, 7 August 2019

Abstraction and the Instantiation of Divine things in Mesopotamia

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My work  The Sacred History of Being  is cited in an article by the writer Ben Thomas - "The God Enki and the Ocean of Everywhen...
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Tuesday, 16 July 2019

Dolorosa

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Something a bit different. This picture was taken in central Madrid in the summer of 2010. Quite a striking window display. Thanks to Rem...
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Thomas Yaeger
Thomas Yaeger studied Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations and Languages at both University College, London, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Yaeger specialized in the text corpus of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He is the author of five books: the first is 'The Sacred History of Being' (2015), the second is 'J.G. Frazer and the Platonic Theory of Being' (2016). His third and fourth books - 'Understanding Ancient Thought' (2017) and 'Man and the Divine' (2018), explore further patterns of thought in antiquity. His fifth book is Echoes of Eternity’ (2020). Yaeger tweets regularly on ancient history and philosophy, with the Twitter ID: @rotorvator. His books are available (in eBook format) from Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Blio, Walmart, Smashwords, and other retailers.
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