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2 unusual facts about Joseph Görres


Joseph Görres

Carl Jung mentions reading Görres as a young man in his autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1963) p.

He now studied Persian, and in two years published a Mythengeschichte der asiatischen Welt (History of the Myths of the Asiatic World), which was followed ten years later by Das Heldenbuch von Iran (The Book of Heroes of Iran), a translation of part of the Shahnama, the epic of Firdousi.


Andreas Kobler

He made his preliminary studies at Landshut, and studied theology at Munich, where Johann Adam Möhler and Joseph Görres appear to have awakened in the young theologian his preference for the study of history.


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