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<p>The  present  study  aims  at  analysing  the  relationship  and establishing  the  similarities  between  ancient  Eastern  myths,  literature, and today’s leading scientific views such as quantum physics. In ancient times, the mythic worldview was the only one being widely accepted, a dominancy that lasted up into, roughly put, the mid-nineteenth century, when most sciences as known today started to flourish and overtook the place of mythology, invalidating it. Nowadays, however, ancient myths and modern sciences have begun getting closer to each other and, at a deep insight, one may discover that they reveal the same truth. Thus, the paper shall discuss and compare ancient Buddhist texts with leading quantum theories and literary works by Béla Hamvas and Sándor Weöres that facilitate the comprehension of the essence.<sup>1</sup></p>
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The  present  study  aims  at  analysing  the  relationship  and establishing  the  similarities  between  ancient  Eastern  myths,  literature, and today’s leading scientific views such as quantum physics. In ancient times, the mythic worldview was the only one being widely accepted, a dominancy that lasted up into, roughly put, the mid-nineteenth century, when most sciences as known today started to flourish and overtook the place of mythology, invalidating it. Nowadays, however, ancient myths and modern sciences have begun getting closer to each other and, at a deep insight, one may discover that they reveal the same truth. Thus, the paper shall discuss and compare ancient Buddhist texts with leading quantum theories and literary works by Béla Hamvas and Sándor Weöres that facilitate the comprehension of the essence.1

Myths, Science, and Literature – Different Fields, the Same Essence

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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The  present  study  aims  at  analysing  the  relationship  and establishing  the  similarities  between  ancient  Eastern  myths,  literature, and today’s...

Myths, Science, and Literature – Different Fields, the Same Essence

Published Online: Nov 15, 2023

Page range: 95 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2023-0007

Keywords
myths, quantum physics, literature, reality

© 2023 Vilma-Irén Mihály, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Myths, Science, and Literature – Different Fields, the Same Essence

Published Online: Nov 15, 2023

Page range: 95 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2023-0007

Keywordsmyths, quantum physics, literature, reality

© 2023 Vilma-Irén Mihály, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
myths, quantum physics, literature, reality