Representative Men · Character
Jakob Böhme
German mystic, referenced as a precursor to Swedenborg.
minor
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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