When souls had wings: pre-mortal existence in Western thought
Terryl L. Givens
When souls had wings: pre-mortal existence in Western thought
Author
Terryl L. GivensPublisher
Oxford University PressEdition 1
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Title and Author
When souls had wings: pre-mortal existence in Western thought / Terryl L. GivensPublication Details
آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2010مPhysical Description
x, 388 p.: ill.; 25 cm.Subject
SoulPre-existence
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Ancient Near Eastern traditions -- Classical variants -- Philo to Christian beginnings -- Neo-Platonism and the church fathers -- Augustine and the formation of orthodoxy -- Middle Ages to the Renaissance -- Cambridge Platonists and the Miltonic heritage -- The Cartesian aftermath -- Philosophy and theology 1800-1900 -- Romanticism and transcendentalism 1800-1900 -- Preexistence in the modern age -- Parallel paradigms