Jakob Böhme

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Christian mystic human theosophical writer

Jakob Böhme was a German Christian mystic and theosophical writer whose visionary metaphysical ideas deeply influenced later German idealist and Romantic philosophy.

Aliases (1)

Jacob Boehme ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian mystic → human → theosophical writer →
activePeriod	early 17th century →
alternateName	Jacob Boehme → Jakob Behmen →
associatedWithPlace	Görlitz NERFINISHED →
birthCountry	Holy Roman Empire →
birthDate	1575-04-24 →
birthPlace	Alt Seidenberg → near Görlitz →
causeOfDeath	illness →
centralConcept	Sophia (divine wisdom) → Ungrund → coincidence of opposites → seven qualities of nature → threefold Godhead →
citizenship	Holy Roman Empire →
deathCountry	Holy Roman Empire →
deathDate	1624-11-17 →
deathPlace	Görlitz NERFINISHED →
denomination	Lutheranism →
era	Early modern philosophy →
ethnicity	German →
influenced	Franz von Baader → Friedrich Schleiermacher → Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling → Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis) → Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel → German Romanticism → German idealism → Louis Claude de Saint-Martin → William Blake →
language	German →
maritalStatus	married →
movement	Christian mysticism → German mysticism → theosophy →
name	Jakob Böhme →
notableWork	Aurora → De signatura rerum → Forty Questions on the Soul → Mysterium Magnum → The Way to Christ →
occupation	mystic → philosopher → shoemaker → theologian → writer →
religion	Christianity →
viewOnEvil	evil arises from the dark principle within the divine ground →
viewOnGod	God manifests through a dynamic process of self-revelation →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling → Novalis → Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom →	influencedBy
Jakob Böhme ("Jacob Boehme") →	alternateName
Jakob Böhme →	name