World soul: a history
"The concept of the world soul is difficult to understand in large part because over the course of history it has been invoked to very different ends and within the frameworks of very different philosophical systems, with very different concepts of the world soul emerging as a result. This volu...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY, United States of America
Oxford University Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford philosophical concepts
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
World soul
/ History of ideas
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism TA History |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Conference program 2018 (Berlin) B Soul music History |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "The concept of the world soul is difficult to understand in large part because over the course of history it has been invoked to very different ends and within the frameworks of very different philosophical systems, with very different concepts of the world soul emerging as a result. This volume brings together eleven chapters by leading philosophers in their respective fields that collectively explore the various ways in which this concept has been understood and employed, covering the following philosophical areas: Platonism, Stoicism, Medieval, Indian (Vedāntic), Kabbalah, Renaissance, Early Modern, German Romanticism, German Idealism, American Transcendentalism, and contemporary quantum mechanics and panpsychism theories. In addition, short reflections illuminate the impact the concept of the world soul has had on a small selection of areas outside of philosophy: harmony, biology (spontaneous generation), the music of Henry Purcell, psychoanalysis, and Gaia theories"-- |
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| Item Description: | Drafts of many of the chapters were presented and discusses at a workshop held at Humboldt University, Berlin, On November 29-30, 2018 (Acknoledgments) Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 388 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 0190913444 |