Jakob Böhme

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

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Jakob Böhme canonical 6
Jacob Boehme 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian mystic
human
theosophical writer
activePeriod early 17th century
alternateName Jakob Böhme
surface form: Jacob Boehme

Jakob Behmen
associatedWithPlace Görlitz
birthCountry Holy Roman Empire
birthDate 1575-04-24
birthPlace Alt Seidenberg
near Görlitz
causeOfDeath illness
centralConcept Holy Wisdom
surface form: 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
denomination Lutheranism
era Early modern philosophy
ethnicity German
influenced Franz von Baader
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Novalis
surface form: Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis)

G. W. F. Hegel
surface form: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Romanticism
surface form: German Romanticism

German idealism
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
William Blake
language German
maritalStatus married
movement Christian mysticism
German mysticism
theosophy
name Jakob Böhme self-link
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

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Novalis influencedBy Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme name Jakob Böhme self-link
Jakob Böhme alternateName Jakob Böhme
this entity surface form: Jacob Boehme
Die Weltalter influencedBy Jakob Böhme
Jakob Behmen nameVariant Jakob Böhme