Because of the way that myth takes it for granted that miracles are always happening, the waking life of a mythically inspired people - the ancient Greeks, for instance - more closely resembles a dream than it does the waking world of a scientifically disenchanted thinker.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When myth treats miracles as ordinary, a myth‑inspired culture lives more like a dream than a rational, scientific world.
- In plain terms
- Mythical thinking makes life feel dream‑like, not rational.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize how myth shapes perception of reality.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does myth influence modern belief systems?
- Can myth and science coexist peacefully?
Another view
Myth can obscure empirical truth.
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