![]() ![]() Numerous studies have been written placing his illuminism in the context of a German or universal mysticism. As a rule, he is either allocated to the timeless category reserved for the mystics of all ages and cultures, or detemporalized as the prescient forerunner of more modem developments in literature, art, and philosophy. Those who have heard of Boehme, who lived from 1575 until 1624, may not associate him with the period in which Shakespeare, Descartes, Cervantes, Kepler, or Wallenstein lived. Much can be gained by interpreting his work with reference to the environment in which and for which it arose. Like any writer, Boehme wrote in a particular time and place he wrote for readers who understood and encouraged his efforts. What this study attempts is therefore not a balance but a new presentation, based on the premise that the writings are virtually all we can know of the man. No common ground has been found for reconciling these contradictory images. ![]() And few have been marked by such contradictory cachets: as the humble soul and God-taught theosophist, and as the "fanatical" heretic and blasphemer the illuminate outside of time, and the philosopher in advance of his time harbinger of enlighten-merit, and vanguard of German chauvinism devious charlatan, and forthright muddle-head. Preface Few writers are remembered more by their legend and less by the content of their writings than Jacob Boehme. To the librarians and archivists of Bloomington, Indiana Görlitz, East Germany Middlebury, Vermont Urbana, Illinois Vienna, Austria and Wolfenbüttel, West Germanywhose intelligent and unstinting help was an invaluable source of assistance in my researches.įile:///E|/.tellectual%20Biography%20of%20the%20Seventeenth-Century%20Philosopher%20and%20Mystic/0791405966/files/page_vii.htmlįile:///E|/.ntellectual%20Biography%20of%20the%20Seventeenth-Century%20Philosopher%20and%20Mystic/0791405966/files/page_ix.html Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() Boehme: an intellectual biography of the seventeenth-century philosopher and mystic / Andrew Weeks. 12246 Production by Ruth East Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Weeks, Andrew. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1991 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. The map, as well as the illustrations from early German and Dutch editions of Boehme's works, were provided courtesy of the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz. The cover design employs a detail from the first published map of Upper Lusatia (1495), composed by Bartholomäus Scultetus, mayor of Görlitz during Boehme's lifetime. ![]() Title: author: publisher: isbn10 | asin: print isbn13: ebook isbn13: language: subject publication date: lcc: ddc: subject:īoehme : An Intellectual Biography of the Seventeenthcentury Philosopher and Mystic Weeks, Andrew. ![]()
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