Die Geschichte der Seele: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge)

Schubert, Gotthilf Heinrich von

ISBN 10: 1108072828 / ISBN 13: 9781108072823

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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German language. Very good condition paperback with minimal wear. Contents are clean and bright throughout with no markings. Some light marks to page ends.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Die Geschichte der Seele: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: German
• ISBN 10: 1108072828
• ISBN 13: 9781108072823
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This is the fourth, revised and expanded 1850 edition of an influential two-volume work originally published in 1830 by the German scientist and philosopher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780–1860). Schubert studied theology and medicine, and taught natural history at Erlangen and Munich, specialising in botany, forestry and mineralogy. He also lectured on topics including animal magnetism, clairvoyance and dreams, and attempted to reconcile Enlightenment philosophy with Christian faith. This book sets out Schubert's views on human nature as body, soul and spirit, and on humankind's place in the natural order. Volume 2 focuses mainly on the 'soul', which Schubert differentiates from the 'spirit' that clothes and feeds it. The discussion ranges from hypnosis and clairvoyance to moods and feelings, passions and affects, the unconscious and personality disorders. Schubert refers frequently to Classical and early Christian philosophers as he probes phenomena now assigned to psychology, including cognition and discernment.

Book Description

The German scientist Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860) participated in the debates of his time on animal magnetism, clairvoyance and dreams, and attempted to reconcile Enlightenment philosophy and Christian faith. This two-volume work, reissued in its expanded 1850 edition, presents Schubert's views on the human body, soul and spirit.