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Philosophia perennis : historical outlines of Western spirituality in ancient, medieval and early modern thought /

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The study features the five most important and most efficacious themes of Western spirituality in their ancient historical origins and in their unfolding up to early modernity: Divine names, Microkosmos-Makrokosmos, theories of creation, the idea of spiritual spaces, and the concepts of eschatologic...

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Main Author: Schmidt-Biggemann, Wilhelm
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, [2004]
Series:Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 189.
Subjects:
Christianity > Philosophy.
Philosophy and religion.
Imagination (Philosophy) > History.
Spirituality > History.
Metaphysics > History.
Imagination (Philosophy)
Metaphysics.
Spirituality.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The study features the five most important and most efficacious themes of Western spirituality in their ancient historical origins and in their unfolding up to early modernity: Divine names, Microkosmos-Makrokosmos, theories of creation, the idea of spiritual spaces, and the concepts of eschatological history.
Item Description:A reworking, with some updates, of the German version published under the same title in 1998.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 496 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-492) and index.
ISBN:9781402030673 (electronic bk.)
1402030673 (electronic bk.)