Metempsychosis

  • 31Pythagoreans and Eleatics — Edward Hussey PYTHAGORAS AND THE EARLY PYTHAGOREANS Pythagoras, a native of Samos, emigrated to southern Italy around 520, and seems to have established himself in the city of Croton. There he founded a society of people sharing his beliefs and… …

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  • 32metempsicosis — (Del gr. metempsykhosis.) ► sustantivo femenino FILOSOFÍA, RELIGIÓN Doctrina religiosa y filosófica oriental que defiende la transmigración del alma humana, después de la muerte, a otros cuerpos más o menos perfectos, según los méritos alcanzados …

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  • 33metempsícosis — (Del gr. metempsykhosis.) ► sustantivo femenino FILOSOFÍA, RELIGIÓN Doctrina religiosa y filosófica oriental que defiende la transmigración del alma humana, después de la muerte, a otros cuerpos más o menos perfectos, según los méritos alcanzados …

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  • 34métempsycose — [ metɑ̃psikoz ] n. f. • 1562; bas lat. metempsychosis, du gr. « déplacement de l âme » ♦ Doctrine selon laquelle une même âme peut animer successivement plusieurs corps humains ou animaux, et même des végétaux. ⇒ réincarnation, transmigration. La …

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  • 35Metempsychose — Met|em|psy|cho|se auch: Me|tem|psy|cho|se 〈f. 19; unz.〉 = Seelenwanderung [<grch. meta... „nach, zwischen, hinter“ + empsychos „belebt“] * * * Me|t|em|psy|cho|se, die; , n [griech. metempsýchōsis]: Seelenwanderung. * * * Metempsychose,  … …

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  • 36NEOPLATONISM — NEOPLATONISM, the system elaborated by Plotinus and his pupil Porphyry on the basis of antecedent Middle Platonic and neo Pythagorean developments. The system was modified by their successors, the main post Plotinian currents and schools of late… …

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  • 37Druid — For other uses, see Druid (disambiguation). Two druids , 19th century engraving based on a 1719 illustration by Bernard de Montfaucon.[1] …

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  • 39Pre-existence — (also spelled preëxistence), beforelife, or pre mortal existence refers to the belief that each individual human soul existed before conception, and at conception (or later, depending on when it is believed that the soul enters the body) one of… …

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  • 40Alawites — For the Alaouite dynasty of Morocco see: Alaouite Dynasty, for the former state now in Yemen see Alawi (sheikhdom) Infobox Religious group group = Alawites caption =Alawite falconer in Banyas, Syria, during World War II. founder = Ibn Nuṣayr… …

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