Emanuel Swedenborg
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Emanuel Swedenborg | |
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 Portrait of Swedenborg by Carl Frederik von Breda. | |
| Born | Emanuel Swedberg 29 January 1688 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 29 March 1772 (aged 84) London, England, Great Britain |
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| Education | Uppsala University |
| Period | 18th century |
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Emanuel Swedenborg (/ˈswiːdənˌbɔːrɡ/;[1] 
Swedish pronunciation (help·info); born Emanuel Swedberg on 29 January 1688;[2] died 29 March 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and mystic.[3] He is best known for his book on the afterlife, Heaven and Hell (1758).[4][5] He was the father of mineralogy and physiology of brain.
His writings inspired Swedenborgianism.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Swedenborg". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ↑ 29 January 9 Old Style 8 February New Style
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Swedenborg, E. ''Heaven and its Wonders and Hell. From Things Heard and Seen'' (Swedenborg Foundation, 1946)". Swedenborgdigitallibrary.org. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
- ↑ Bergquist, Preface (p. 15–16)