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Definition of Jakob Boehme
1. Noun. German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624).
Generic synonyms: Mystic, Religious Mystic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jakob Boehme
Literary usage of Jakob Boehme
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"... the Reformation had so quickly congealed, expressed itself too under less
brilliant circumstances. Jakob Boehme neglected his awl and last to write his ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"It is noteworthy that Jakob Boehme (1575- 1624), who so greatly influenced them, 5.
In Mod- did not teach it (cf. lus Beschreibung ern Times, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1904)
"... Jakob Boehme (1575-1624) lost some of its peculiar religions and emotional
character and became more widely speculative — a philosophy or a theosophy, ..."
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