| Description |
1 online resource (x, 388 pages) : illustrations |
| 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 |
| Summary |
The notion that we spring into existence ex nihilo at birth strikes many people as counter-intuitive. By contrast, the idea that we have an eternal identity appeals to some deep intuition about the self. And indeed, belief in the soul's pre-mortal existence has a long history in Western thought |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Soul.
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Pre-existence.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Reincarnation.
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Pre-existence
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Soul
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Religion - General.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199738274 |
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0199738270 |
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9780199871933 |
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0199871930 |
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