Search Results for: Anima Mundi The Rise Of The World Soul Theory In Modern German Philosophy

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 que

From Plato’s Timaeus onwards, the world or cosmos has been conceived of as a living, rational organism. Most notably in German Idealism, philosophers still ta

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 sugge

Platonism, Ficino to Foucault explores some key chapters in the history Platonic philosophy from the revival of Plato in the fifteenth century to the new readin