02416oam 2200565zu 450 991015433690332120220720213730.09780199871933 (ebook) :No price0199871930 (ebook) :No price(CKB)2560000000300390(SSID)ssj0000354986(PQKBManifestationID)11258223(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000354986(PQKBWorkID)10319594(PQKB)11064354(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075850(MiAaPQ)EBC4705321(EXLCZ)99256000000030039020160829d2010 uy engur|||||||||||txtccrWhen souls had wings : pre-mortal existence in Western thoughtNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press20101 online resource (x, 388 p.) ill., portsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-531390-9 0-19-987193-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.When souls had wingsSoulPre-existenceReligion - GeneralHILCCReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCSoulPre-existenceReligion - GeneralReligionPhilosophy & Religion129Givens Terryl1097578PQKB9910154336903321When souls had wings : pre-mortal existence in Western thought2869458UNINA