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11 matches to Soul
Dolet, Étienne. 1509-46. French scholar. Executed for denying the soul’s immortality.
Faust(us). c1540 German necromancer/astrologer who is said to have sold his soul to the devil. Goethe, Marlowe tragedies.
Gogol, Nikolai. 1809-52. Russian Realist writer. Dead Souls 1842.
Psyche. Beautiful girl, loved by Cupid. Symbolized soul.
Quietism. 1696. Mystic religious movements. Passivity allows communication with God. Hinduism. Sufism. Molinos. Guyon. Fenelon. Soul in passive state is saved by divine spirit.
Soul. Immaterial essence of man. Recognized by most cultures, but in varying forms.
Soulouque, Faustin. 1782-1867. Former slave, Haitian president 1847-, Emperor 1849-59.
Soult, Nicolas. 1769-1851. French chief of staff at Waterloo, Ulm, Austerlitz.
Stahl, Georg. 1660-1734. German chemist. Animalism-soul controls bodily functions. Theory of Combustion 1702.
Styx. River of Hades. Souls ferried by Charon.
Sufism. 8/9C Persian Moslem movement. Soul’s personal union with God. =Islamic mysticism.