The Spiritual Life and the Word of God - Couverture souple

Swedenborg, Emanuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596057211 ISBN 13 : 9781596057210

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2005

Synopsis

Who at this day can believe that the delight of adultery is hell in man, and that the delight of marriage is heaven in him, consequently so far as he is in the one delight he is not in the other, since so far as man is in hell he is not in heaven? -from "VI: The Sixth Commandment" Emanuel Swedenborg, an 18th-century inventor and man of science, experienced a spiritual epiphany at the age of 56, when he began to explore Christianity from a mystic standpoint, a stunning change of heart that has since intrigued and fascinated generations of rationalists and philosophers, from Immanuel Kant to Arthur Conan Doyle to C.G. Jung. Did Swedenborg go mad, or is he a genuine prophet? In this work, an extract from Swedenborg's 1757 Apocalypse Explained, he explores the meaning of each of the 10 commandments and discusses good, truth, and what it means to live a righteous life. Swedish scientist and philosopher EMANUEL SWEDENBORG (1688-1772) made notable contributions in the fields of biology, geology, and astronomy before embarking upon his Scriptural commentary. His religious writings include The Divine Love and Wisdom, The Apocalypse Revealed, The True Christian Religion, and The Last Judgment.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

I. How Spiritual Life is Acquired   II. Goods of Charity  III. Shunning Evils   IV. Cleansing the Inside    V. What Religion Consists In Part Second—THE COMMANDMENTS. 18.    I. The First Commandment   II. The Second Commandment  III. The Third Commandment   IV. The Fourth Commandment    V. The Fifth Commandment   VI. The Sixth Commandment  VII. The Seventh Commandment VIII. The Eighth Commandment   IX. The Ninth and Tenth Commandments    X. The Commandments in General Part Third—PROFANATIONS OF GOOD AND TRUTH. 76.    I. Goods and Truths and Their Opposites   II. The First Kind of Profanation  III. The Second Kind of Profanation   IV. The Third Kind of Profanation    V. The Fourth and Fifth Kinds of Profanation Part Fourth—THE DIVINE WORD. 88.    I. The Holiness of the Word   II. The Lord is the Word  III. The Lord's Words Spirit and Life   IV. Influx and Correspondence    V. The Three Senses of the Word   VI. Conjunction by the Word  VII. The Sense of the Letter

Biographie de l'auteur

Emanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish mystic, philosopher, theologian, and scientist, was born on January 29, 1688, the son of Jesper Swedberg, pietist Bishop of Skara. Having spent most of his youth living with his sister Anna and her husband, he entered the University of Uppsala. After graduating in 1709, Swedenborg spent the next five years in England, France, and the Netherlands studying mathematics, modern science, and indulging his fascination with skilled craftsmen and their methods of work. In 1743 Swedenborg underwent a religious crisis that led to his (posthumously published) Journal of Dreams, in which he recorded accounts of his dreams and spiritual experiences. In 1744 he had a vision of Christ, and another in 1745. He then abandoned his scientific writings to concentrate on theological writings and research. He began in this venue with a brief work entitled The Worship and Love of God, an imaginative re-telling of the Genesis creation story, somewhat in the tradition of the Renaissance hexameron. Very quickly Swedenborg abandoned this line of work, though, turning his energies once again to the problem of spiritual/natural interactions, specifically to how God communicated truth to humans via the Bible.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1596057211
• ISBN 13: 9781596057210
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
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