{"id":427,"date":"2016-06-24T12:44:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T12:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=427"},"modified":"2017-10-31T15:39:49","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T15:39:49","slug":"appendix-z7-anima-mundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"APPENDIX Z7: Anima mundi*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"min-height: 700px\">\n<div class=\"pc pc89 w0 h0\">\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y658 ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">APPENDIX Z7:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y659 ff1c fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h6d y65a ff30 fs29 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Anima mundi<span class=\"ff1c\">*<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y65b ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">The world soul (Greek: <span class=\"ff34\">\u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span><span class=\"ff19\">, Latin: <span class=\"ff2c\">Anima mundi<\/span>) <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y65c ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">has been a component of several systems of<br \/>\n                thought.\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y65d ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Its proponents claim that it permeates the cosmos<br \/>\n                and\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y65e ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">animates all matter<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>, just<br \/>\n                as the soul animates the human\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y65f ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">body<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>. The idea originated<br \/>\n                with Plato and was an important\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y660 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">component of most Neoplatonic systems:<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x76 h55 y661 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Therefor<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>e, we may<br \/>\n                consequently state that: this\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x76 h55 y662 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">world is indeed a living being endowed with a<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x76 h55 y663 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">soul and intelligence&#8230; a single visible living<br \/>\n                entity\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x76 h55 y664 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">containing all other living entities, which by<br \/>\n                their\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x76 h55 y665 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">nature ar<span class=\"_ _2\"><\/span>e all related.\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x4c h36 y666 ff19 fs26 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">[1]<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y667 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">The Stoics believed it to be the only vital force in<br \/>\n                the\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y668 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">universe. It also features in systems of eastern<br \/>\n                philosophy\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y669 ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">in the Brahman-Atman of Hinduism, and in the School<br \/>\n                of\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h55 y66a ff19 fs4 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">Yin-Y<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>ang, T<span class=\"_ _0\"><\/span>aoism, and Neo-Confucianism as <span class=\"ff2c\">qi<span class=\"ff1b\">.<\/span><\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h78 y66b ff1b fs31 fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">1<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x71 h60 y66c ff19 fs1e fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\"> Plato, Timaeus, 29\/30; 4th century BCE<\/div>\n<div class=\"t m1 x73 h5f y66d ff1c fs1e fc0 sc0 ls0 ws0\">*<span class=\"ff2b fs27 ls10\">Wikipedia Online<span class=\"ff19 ws2c\">, http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anima_mundi <span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>(accessed February <span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>1, <span class=\"_ _1\"><\/span>2011)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APPENDIX Z7: Anima mundi* The world soul (Greek: \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03ae \u03ba\u03cc\u03c3\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5, Latin: Anima mundi) has been a component of several systems of thought. Its proponents claim that it permeates the cosmos and animates all matter, just as the soul animates the human body. The idea originated with Plato and was an important component of most Neoplatonic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.potentialismtheory.com\/td\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}