World soul: a history

Many philosophers and scientists over the course of history have held that the world is alive. It has a soul, which governs it and binds it together. This suggestion, once so wide-spread, may strike many of us today as strange and perhaps antiquated. This volume assembles scholars of philosophy and...

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Collaborateurs: Wilberding, James (Éditeur intellectuel)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2021]
Dans:Année: 2021
Collection/Revue:Oxford philosophical concepts
Oxford scholarship online
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Âme du monde / Histoire des idées
Sujets non-standardisés:B Nature Philosophy
B Catégorie:Musique soul History
B Cosmology
B Contribution <colloque> 2018 (Berlin)
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:Many philosophers and scientists over the course of history have held that the world is alive. It has a soul, which governs it and binds it together. This suggestion, once so wide-spread, may strike many of us today as strange and perhaps antiquated. This volume assembles scholars of philosophy and history to tell a story about the evolution of the concept of the world soul from antiquity to the twentieth century that will break down the historical barriers to understanding the world soul, both by exploring the concept in its various historical incarnations and by calling attention to some of the ways in which the concept still resonates in contemporary theories.
Description:Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 27, 2021)
ISBN:0190913452
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190913441.001.0001