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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...and the earth; the flesh (or, again, the lungs) signifies the element earth; the breath (or, the bladder) signifies the air; the heart signifies fire; and the blood (or, again, the liver) signifies water. The arteries signify the courses of the stars, and the intestines, their operation and wasting away. The sky is the heart of nature, like the brain in man's head.9 Again, the sky, the stars, the depths of space between the stars, together with the earth, are compared to the Father; the sun, with its light and strength, to the Son; and the elements to the Holy Spirit.i0 Thus man is fundamentally akin to the universe which itself typifies the persons of the Trinity, and a basis is provided for man's reconciliation and mystical union with God. i Ibid., pp. 193-196. 2 Ibid., I, x; p. 38. 5 See French transl., "De I'univers et ses parties," in L. Colet's edition of Oeuvres choisis de Campanella (Paris, 1844), p. 57. 4 Erdmann, rip. cit., I, p. 649. 'Aurora, chap, ii (in Boehme's Werke, ed. by K. Schiebler, Leipzig, 1832, etc., vol. II, p. 28). Vom Dreifachen Leben des Menschen, VI, 48; Werke, vol. IV, p. 92.-'Ibid., VI, 49; also Epistle 22, paragr. 7, Werke, vol. VII, p. 435; Aurora, ch. iii, Werke, vol. II, p. 41; Signature rerun, I, 7, Werke, vol. IIl, p. 274. 'DreifacH. Leben, VI, 49. 'Aurora, chap, ii; Werke, vol. II, pp. 26-30.. i0Ibid., chap. IIl; pp. 36-38. 6. Trend From Rationalism Toward Empiricism In This Period i. Microcosmic Theories of Writers less Important. The trend away from the authoritarianism of the past and toward more empirical views of the world may be traced in most of the early modern writers hitherto considered; it is evident in general, too, -when a number of other writers who either are less important, or who said less about...
