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Emanuel Swedenborg : visionary savant in the age of reason / by Ernst Benz ; introduced and translated by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Benz, Ernst, 1907-1978.
- Series:
- Swedenborg studies ; no. 14.
- Swedenborg studies ; no. 14
- Standardized Title:
- Emanuel Swedenborg. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772.
- Swedenborg, Emanuel.
- Swedenborg, Emanuel, -- 1688-1772.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (536 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- West Chester, Pa. : Swedenborg Foundation, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Originally written more than fifty years ago by eminent scholar Ernst Benz, this volume stands as one of the most comprehensive biographies of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) ever published.Benz examines Swedenborg's life through the lens of the intellectual atmosphere of the eighteenth century.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The path to science
- pt. 2. The vocation
- pt. 3. The visionary
- pt. 4. The doctrine
- pt. 5. Swedenborg and the church of his time.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87785-623-0
- OCLC:
- 923421246
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