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When Souls Had Wings - Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought (Hardcover)
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When Souls Had Wings - Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought (Hardcover)
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The idea of the pre-existence of the soul has been extremely
important, widespread, and persistent throughout Western
history--from even before the philosophy of Plato to the poetry of
Robert Frost. When Souls Had Wings offers the first systematic
history of this little explored feature of Western culture.
Terryl Givens describes the tradition of pre-existence as
"pre-heaven"--the place where unborn souls wait until they descend
to earth to be born. And typically it is seen as a descent--a
falling away from a happier and untroubled state into the turbulent
and sinful world we know. The title of the book refers to the idea
put forward in antiquity that our souls begin with wings, and that
only after shedding those wings do we fall to earth. The book not
only traces the history of the idea of pre-existence, but also
captures its meaning for those who have embraced it. Givens
describes how pre-existence has been invoked to explain "the better
angels of our nature," including the human yearning for
transcendence and the sublime. Pre-existence has been said to
account for why we know what we should not know, whether in the
form of a Greek slave's grasp of mathematics, the moral sense
common to humanity, or the human ability to recognize universals.
The belief has explained human bonds that seem to have their own
mysterious prehistory, salved the wounded sensibility of a host of
thinkers who could not otherwise account for the unevenly
distributed pain and suffering that are humanity's common lot, and
has been posited by philosophers and theologians alike to salvage
the principle of human freedom and accountability.
When Souls had Wings underscores how durable (and controversial)
this idea has been throughout the history of Western thought, the
theological dangers it has represented, and how prominently it has
featured in poetry, literature, and art.
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