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Theodor Benfey (1809–1881)

Autor von Friends and the world of nature

29 Werke 81 Mitglieder 3 Rezensionen

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Friends and the world of nature (1980) 36 Exemplare
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Benfey, Theodor
Geburtstag
1809-01-28
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1881-06-26
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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.
 
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PendleHillLibrary | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 3, 2018 |
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.… (mehr)
 
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QuakerReviews | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 1, 2015 |
 
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BirmFrdsMtg | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 11, 2017 |

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Werke
29
Mitglieder
81
Beliebtheit
#222,754
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3.0
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3
ISBNs
8
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