. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . guild, he established him-self as a master shoemaker in Gorlitz in 1599. Later onin his life he changed his trade for that of a glover. Hisbooks circulated during his life-time in manuscript-formonly, but even this sufficed to make his name knownbeyond the limits of his native town. He died on Sun-day, November 17th,1624, at his home inGorlitz, much ad-mired by his friendsand persecuted bysome narrow-mindedenemies who showedtheir malice even af-ter his death b^ de-facing the monumentof the deceased ph
. The history of the devil and the idea of evil; from the earliest times to the present day . guild, he established him-self as a master shoemaker in Gorlitz in 1599. Later onin his life he changed his trade for that of a glover. Hisbooks circulated during his life-time in manuscript-formonly, but even this sufficed to make his name knownbeyond the limits of his native town. He died on Sun-day, November 17th,1624, at his home inGorlitz, much ad-mired by his friendsand persecuted bysome narrow-mindedenemies who showedtheir malice even af-ter his death b^ de-facing the monumentof the deceased phi-losopher. The bestevidence, however, ofhis genius and therecognition which hishonest aspirationsfound among his fel-low citizens appearsin the fact that the son of the Rev. Gregorius Richter,the pastor primarius of Gorlitz and the bitterest antag-onist of Jacob Bohme, edited a collection of extractsfrom his writings, which were afterwards published com-plete at Amsterdam in the year 1682. The similarity of Jacob Bohmes speculations toGnosticism is apparent, but the coincidence is almost. Jacob Bohme. 152 THE HISTORY OF THE DEVIL. spontaneous. His education was very limited, and liewas only superficially familiar with the theories of Para-celsus (Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Kaspar Schwenkfeld (1490-1561), and ValentinWeigel (1533-1588). His own system is original withhim. It is mainly due to a reflection on the Bible, whichhe read with a deeply religious spirit but preserving atthe same time great independence of thought. Jacob Bohme conceives God as the unfathomable ground of existence, as the Ungriind. His bi-ographer in the En-cyclopaedia BritannicasajS of his philosophy : Nature rises out ofHim, we sink into Him. ..The same view when of-fered in the colder logic of Spinoza, is sometimes setVignette of Jacob Bohmes Book on the Threefold Life of Man, aside as atheistical. Illustrating the three principles which pervade Translating Bohmes life, consisting
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