Theodor Benfey (1809–1881)
Autore di Friends and the world of nature
Opere di Theodor Benfey
A Sanskrit-English dictionary : with references to the best editions of Sanskrit authors and etymologies and… (1866) 6 copie
The Experience of War: Residents of Friends Homes at Guilford tell their Stories, Vol. 3 (2017) 5 copie
Indien 2 copie
Handbuch der Sanskritsprache • Bd. 2: Chrestomathie [Teil 1: Text, Anmerkungen, Metra • Teil 2: Glossar] (1988) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Benfey, Theodor
- Data di nascita
- 1809-01-28
- Data di morte
- 1881-06-26
- Sesso
- male
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Recensioni
Friends and the world of nature di O. Theodor Benfey
Can we forge a new link between the insights of science and the deeper promptings of the human spirit through a rebirth of love for matter? A meditation on our manifold relations with nature.
This interesting pamphlet situates our attitude to the natural world in a history of ideas. It describes the 17th century mystical approach to nature found in Quakerism and Neo-Platonism, of nature as a manifestation of the divine. This encompasses love for nature, which Benfey sees as essential to a new relationship with nature. The new way of seeing the natural world must be informed not only by science but also by this kind of theology of the heart. This pamphlet could be especially interesting to those thinking about the spirituality of environmental consciousness.… (altro)
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- 29
- Utenti
- 81
- Popolarità
- #222,754
- Voto
- 3.0
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- 3
- ISBN
- 8
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- 2