Author: SIGSTEDT, CYRIEL ODHNER
Title: The Swedenborg Epic - the Life and Works of Emanuel Swedenborg
Description: London, The Swedenborg Society. 1981. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy in brown cloth boards (Fine apart from a neat name to front endpaper and a minor indentation to front board) with near Fine dustjacket. xvii + 517 pages. 21 illustrations. 1 map to rear endpaper and pastedown. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was first a scientist, then an anatomist, a philosopher, and finally a Christian mystic and a theologian. Swedenborg considered his theology a revelation of the true Christian religion that had become obfuscated through centuries of theology, but did not refer to his writings as theology nor as philosophy since he considered it based on actual experiences. A definitive biography and assessment first published in 1952. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4C. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Science, Philosophy, Christian Mystic, Swedish Theologian, Immanuel Kant, Erik Benzelius, Neoplatanism, Plotinus, Gothenburg Heresy Trial


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