Meie esivanemate rahvatarkus ja maailmapilt: mida keel m letab?

The first part of the article introduces a few basic cases of world view manifest in the Estonian language, the second part provides analysis of some of the most important notions of the mental Weltanschauung of our forefathers: hing [soul], vaim [spirit] and meel [mind]. The author also argues about the need to distinguish foreign influences in further textual analysis, and the significance of differentiating the separate layers of the philosophical concept of our ancestors. Otherwise, the synchronic textual analysis might lead us to false conclusions.