An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy to Human Culture

"in the boundless multiplicity and variety of mythical images, of religious dogmas, of linguistic forms, of works of art, philosophic thought reveals the unity of a general function by which all these creations are held together. Myth, religion, art, language, even science, are now looked upon as so many variations on a common theme--and it is the task of philosophy to make this theme audible and understandable." from An Essay of Man