Inventing immortality: heterodoxy and histories of the soul in early enlightenment england
Auteur :
Pfeffer, Michelle
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198989202
Date de publication :
26 mars 2026
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Around 1700, England saw a heated public debate about the soul's immortality. Two unlikely figures--a lawyer and a physician--claimed this belief was a pagan invention and wrongly adopted by Christianity. This book explores how everyday readers reshaped big debates, revealing the early Enlightenment as a remix of old arguments in new hands.