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World Soul

A History

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Many philosophers and scientists over the course of history have held that the world is alive. It has a soul, which governs it and binds it together. This suggestion, once so wide-spread, may strike many of us today as strange and antiquated--in fact, there are few other concepts that, on their face, so capture the sheer distance between us and our philosophical inheritance. But the idea of a world soul has held so strong a grip upon philosophers' imaginations for over 2,000 years, that it continues to underpin and even structure how we conceive of time and space. The concept of the world soul is difficult to understand in large part because over the course of history it has been invoked to very different ends and within the frameworks of very different ontologies and philosophical systems, with varying concepts of the world soul emerging as a result. This volume brings together eleven chapters by leading philosophers in their respective fields that collectively explore the various ways in which this concept has been understood and employed, covering the following philosophical areas: Platonism, Stoicism, Medieval, Indian or Vedântic, Kabbalah, Renaissance, Early Modern, German Romanticism, German Idealism, American Transcendentalism, and contemporary quantum mechanics and panpsychism theories. In addition, short reflections illuminate the impact the concept of the world soul has had on a small selection of areas outside of philosophy, such as harmony, the biological concept of spontaneous generation, Henry Purcell, psychoanalysis, and Gaia theories.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-09-29
Mått163 x 241 x 22 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieOxford Philosophical Concepts
Antal sidor408
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190913434

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James Wilberding is Professor of Ancient and Contemporary Philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. His main areas of research concern Plato and the history of Platonism, especially in its intersection with medicine and the natural sciences. His publications include Forms, Souls and Embryos: Neoplatonists on Human Reproduction (Routledge, 2016) and Plotinus' Cosmology (Oxford University Press, 2006).

Introduction, James WilberdingChapter 1: The World Soul in the Platonic Tradition, James WilberdingChapter 2: The Stoic World Soul and the Theory of Seminal Principles, Ricardo Salles Reflection: The World Soul and Harmony, Lisa TaubChapter 3: 'The Universe is an Animal': The World Soul in Medieval Philosophy, Peter AdamsonChapter 4: The 'World Soul' in India: Complex Causality and Artful Emergence in 'Sakti' Vedanta, Jessica FrazierChapter 5: Glimmers of the World Soul in Kabbalah, Jeremy P. BrownChapter 6: The World Soul in the Renaissance, Hiro HiraiReflection: The World Soul and Spontaneous Generation, Gideon Manning and James WilberdingChapter 7: The World Soul in Early Modern Philosophy, Alison PetermanReflection: The World Soul in Henry Purcell's setting of 'Hail, bright Cecilia,' Bryan WhiteChapter 8: The Miracle and Mystery of Nature: Romantic Searches for the World Soul, Elizabeth Millán BrusslanChapter 9: Nature, Freedom, History: The World Soul in German Idealism, Brady BowmanReflection: World Soul and Individual Soul in Psychoanalysis, Alexandrine SchniewindChapter 10: The World Soul in American Transcendentalism, Laura Dassow WallsReflection: The World Soul and Gaia, J. Baird CallicottChapter 11. Contemporary Echoes of the World Soul: Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness, Valia Allori

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