This is a translation of: De Psychologia Rationali
Translated into English
Description:
This was a manuscript written by Swedenborg in 1742. The concept of rational psychology at the time this work was written was that of a speculative and metaphysical treatment of the human soul, its faculties and its immortality in contrast to a descriptive, empirical psychology. In the course of this work, we see indications of the new direction that Swedenborg's thought is beginning to take, going beyond his efforts to find anatomical evidence for the soul, to the concept of a correspondence between the mental and the physical.
About this translation:
By Emanuel Swedenborg, (a posthumous work written in 1742). Translated from the Latin by Norbert H. Rogers and Alfred Acton, and edited by Alfred Acton. Revised Edition, Swedenborg Scientific Association, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, 2001.
Copyright 2001 by Swedenborg Scientific Association. All rights reserved.
Date of creation: 1742
Credit: Many thanks to the Swedenborg Scientific Association for their permission to use this text on this site.
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About: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688-1772. Rational Psychology: a posthumous work written in 1742 / by Emanuel Swedenborg; translated from the Latin by Norbert H. Rogers and Alfred Acton and; edited by Alfred Acton.-- Rev. ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-915221-71-3 1. Psychology--Early works to 1850. I. Acton, Alfred, 1867- II. Title. BF121 .S9745 2001 150.19'2--dc21 00-053795 ISBN: 0-915221-71-3 Formatted in New Century Schoolbook Printed in the United States of America
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