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Emanuel Swedenborg : visionary savant in the age of reason / by Ernst Benz ; introduced and translated by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Benz, Ernst, 1907-1978.
Contributor:
Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas.
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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