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Emanuel Swedenborg

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Emanuel Swedenborg
Portrait o Swedenborg bi Carl Frederik von Breda.
BornEmanuel Swedberg
29 Januar 1688(1688-01-29)
Stockholm, Swaden
Dee'd29 Mairch 1772(1772-03-29) (aged 84)
Lunnon, Ingland, Great Breetain
EddicationUppsala Varsity
Thrift
Notable wirk(s)
Theological work
Era18th-century
Tradeetion or movementLutheranism
Main interests
  • Theology
  • Science
  • Filosofie
Notable ideas

Emanuel Swedenborg (Aboot this soondSwadish pronunciation ; born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 Januar 1688;[1] dee'd 29 Mairch 1772) wis a Swadish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, an mystic.[2] He is best kent for his beuk on the efterlife, Heiven an Hell (1758).[3][4]

References

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  1. 29 Januar 9 Auld Style 8 Februar New Style
  2. Swedenborg, Emanuel. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 9 September 2011. and the Encyclopedia of Religion (1987), which starts its article with the description that he was a "Swedish scientist and mystic." Others have not used the term, e.g. Williams-Hogan, Jane (2005) in Encyclopedia of Religion Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  3. "Swedenborg, E. ''Heaven and its Wonders and Hell. From Things Heard and Seen'' (Swedenborg Foundation, 1946)". Swedenborgdigitallibrary.org. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  4. Bergquist, Preface (pp. 15–16)