{"product_id":"9789400734265","title":"Anima Mundi: The Rise of the World Soul Theory in Modern German Philosophy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAnima Mundi: The Rise of the World Soul Theory in Modern German Philosophy\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eVassányi, Miklós\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work presents and philosophically analyzes the early modern and modern history of the theory concerning the soul of the world, \u003cem\u003eanima mundi\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \u003cem\u003eanima mundi \u003c\/em\u003ehad 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 \u003cem\u003eanima mundi\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 \u003cem\u003eanima mundi \u003c\/em\u003etheory on the other is also examined. An analysis of Giordano Bruno’s utilization of the concept \u003cem\u003eanima del mondo \u003c\/em\u003eis 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 \u003cem\u003eWeltseele\u003c\/em\u003e. The purpose of the work is to prove that the philosophical insufficiency of a concept of God as an \u003cem\u003eens extramundanum \u003c\/em\u003einstigated the Romantics to think an \u003cem\u003eanima mundi \u003c\/em\u003ethat can act as a divine and quasi-infinite intermediary between God and Nature, as a locum tenens of God in physical reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2013-01-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789400734265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-90-481-8796-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 434.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378887778444,"sku":"9789400734265","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789400734265.jpg?v=1765470746","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789400734265","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}