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Jakob Böhme

German mystic, referenced as a precursor to Swedenborg.

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Also known as Behmen, Jacob Behmen

First appearance: iii swedenborg or the mystic

Jakob Böhme shows up with force in I: Uses of Great Men. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned alongside Swedenborg as a thinker who recognized the representative nature of things.
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ESEmanuel Sweden…PLPlatoSOSocratesNONovalisNBNapoleon Bonap…JBJakob Böhme

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  • Philosophers and Poets
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  • Cultural and Historical Exemplars
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