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Philosophia perennis

Historical Outlines of Western Spirituality in Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Thought

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  • © 2004

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  • First comprehensive study on the history of spirituality for the periods of ancient, medieval and early modern period

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Glory

  2. Theology of Time

  3. The Echo of Perennial Philosophy

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The study features the five most important and most efficacious themes of Western spirituality in their ancient historical origins and in their unfolding up to early modernity: Divine names, Microkosmos-Makrokosmos, theories of creation, the idea of spiritual spaces, and the concepts of eschatological history.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    Wilhelm Schmidt-Biggemann

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