Die Geschichte der Seele

This 1830 book (reissued in its 1850 edition) combines Enlightenment and Christian ideas to probe the essence of human nature.

Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (Author)

9781108072823, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 June 2011

872 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.9 cm, 1.09 kg

This is the fourth, revised and expanded 1850 edition of an influential two-volume work originally published in 1830 by the German scientist and philosopher Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780–1860). Schubert studied theology and medicine, and taught natural history at Erlangen and Munich, specialising in botany, forestry and mineralogy. He also lectured on topics including animal magnetism, clairvoyance and dreams, and attempted to reconcile Enlightenment philosophy with Christian faith. This book sets out Schubert's views on human nature as body, soul and spirit, and on humankind's place in the natural order. Volume 2 focuses mainly on the 'soul', which Schubert differentiates from the 'spirit' that clothes and feeds it. The discussion ranges from hypnosis and clairvoyance to moods and feelings, passions and affects, the unconscious and personality disorders. Schubert refers frequently to Classical and early Christian philosophers as he probes phenomena now assigned to psychology, including cognition and discernment.

Vorrede
Part III. Die Seele des Menschen
Part IV. Die Lehre vom Geist
Part V. Die Herrschaft des Leibes
Part VI. Die Herrschaft der Seele
Part VII. Die Herrschaft des Geistes.

Subject Areas: Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography [JHMC]