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Definition of Oversoul
1. n. The all- containing soul.
Definition of Oversoul
1. Noun. (philosophy especially in transcendentalism) A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being. ¹
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Definition of Oversoul
1. a supreme reality or mind in transcendentalism [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversoul
Literary usage of Oversoul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Soul of a Christian: A Study in the Religious Experience by Frank Stephen Granger (1900)
"Hence the hypothesis of oversoul is to be understood at first with no further
range of meaning than is necessary to hold together the facts which seem to ..."
2. Theories of the Obligation of Citizen to State by Melvin Gillison Rigg (1921)
"... state as an oversoul, or as a unity in difference in ap- percipient masses.
The true unity of the state lies in its embodiment of a general will, ..."
3. The Theosophical Quarterly by Theosophical Society in America (1919)
"Just as the tree has no manifested existence except in its stem and branches, so
the Logos, the oversoul, has no existence as manifested spiritual life ..."
4. Bhagavad Gita: The Songs of the Master by Charles Johnston (1908)
"Throughout this scripture, as in many scriptures, the Teacher speaks for the
oversoul, speaks as the oversoul, with which his inner Self is at one. ..."
5. Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann (1922)
"Of the two the oversoul has some advantage because it does at least recognize
that the ... But the oversoul as presiding genius in corporate behavior is a ..."
6. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"There is no social "oversoul" which transcends individual minds, and there is no
social "consciousness" which stands outside of and above the ..."
7. The Value of Money by Benjamin McAlester Anderson (1917)
"There is no social "oversoul" which transcends individual minds, and there is no
social "consciousness" which stands outside of and above the ..."
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