Swedenborg

[sweed-n-bawrg; Swedish sveyd-n-bawr-yuh]

noun

E·ma·nu·el [ih-man-yoo-uh l; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/, Emanuel Swedberg, 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.

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He was fond of Swedenborg, and in his early youth relished Tom Paine.
Robert Toombs
Pleasant A. Stovall
One passage of Swedenborg's description of Jupiter is curious.
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
Richard A. Proctor
However, it is not on this reasoning alone that Swedenborg relies.
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
Richard A. Proctor
What Swedenborg saw upon that earth has no special interest.
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
Richard A. Proctor
At twenty-one Swedenborg graduated at the University of Upsala.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
Elbert Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for swedenborg

Swedenborg

noun

Emanuel (eˈmanuel). original surname Svedberg. 1688–1772, Swedish scientist and theologian, whose mystical ideas became the basis of a religious movement

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