Life: A Study in Words

What is life? is a query that never dies… Most modern-day approaches to this enduring question attempt to define what life is , from the standpoint of science, philosophy, religion, medicine, etc. In this book, the conception of life in Western culture is explored through a host of words that has come down to us from antiquity. The author presents a flowing linguistic view of life from the distant past. The etymologic heritage is traced to ancient Greek – to the philosophical foundation of Weste