Anima Mundi: The Rise of the World Soul Theory in Modern German Philosophy

Miklós Vassányi

ISBN 10: 9048187958 / ISBN 13: 9789048187959

Edité par Springer Nature Singapore Nov 2010, 2010

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work presents and philosophically analyzes the early modern and modern history of the theory concerning the soul of the world, anima mundi. The initial question of the investigation is why there was a revival of this theory in the time of the early German Romanticism, whereas the concept of the anima mundi had been rejected in the earlier, classical period of European philosophy (early and mature Enlightenment). The presentation and analysis starts from the Leibnizian-Wolffian school, generally hostile to the theory, and covers classical eighteenth-century physico-theology, also reluctant to accept an anima mundi. Next, it discusses early modern and modern Christian philosophical Cabbala (Böhme and Ötinger), an intellectual tradition which to some extent tolerated the idea of a soul of the world. The philosophical relationship between Spinoza and Spinozism on the one hand, and the anima mundi theory on the other is also examined. An analysis of Giordano Bruno's utilization of the concept anima del mondo is the last step before we give an account of how and why German Romanticism, especially Baader and Schelling asserted and applied the theory of the Weltseele. The purpose of the work is to prove that the philosophical insufficiency of a concept of God as an ens extramundanum instigated the Romantics to think an anima mundi that can act as a divine and quasi-infinite intermediary between God and Nature, as a locum tenens of God in physical reality. 434 pp. Englisch.

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• Titre: Anima Mundi: The Rise of the World Soul Theory in Modern German Philosophy
• Éditeur: Springer Nature Singapore Nov 2010
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 9048187958
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9789048187959
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 242 L x 164 H x 37 P (en millimètres) 242 millimètres de largeur par 164 millimètres de hauteur par 37 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 805 grammes

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This work presents and philosophically analyzes the early modern and modern history of the theory concerning the soul of the world, anima mundi. The initial question of the investigation is why there was a revival of this theory in the time of the early German Romanticism, whereas the concept of the anima mundi had been rejected in the earlier, classical period of European philosophy (early and mature Enlightenment). The presentation and analysis starts from the Leibnizian-Wolffian school, generally hostile to the theory, and covers classical eighteenth-century physico-theology, also reluctant to accept an anima mundi. Next, it discusses early modern and modern Christian philosophical Cabbala (Böhme and Ötinger), an intellectual tradition which to some extent tolerated the idea of a soul of the world. The philosophical relationship between Spinoza and Spinozism on the one hand, and the anima mundi theory on the other is also examined. An analysis of Giordano Bruno's utilization of the concept anima del mondo is the last step before we give an account of how and why German Romanticism, especially Baader and Schelling asserted and applied the theory of the Weltseele. The purpose of the work is to prove that the philosophical insufficiency of a concept of God as an ens extramundanum instigated the Romantics to think an anima mundi that can act as a divine and quasi-infinite intermediary between God and Nature, as a locum tenens of God in physical reality.

À propos de l?auteur

Miklós Vassányi (1966) earned Master's and Doctor's degrees in Philosophy at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, with a dissertation which forms the essence of this book. He is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Károli University of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Budapest.