world soul
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of world soul
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Its plot is complexity itself, but its "kids save the world" soul is simple and earnest as opposed to earth shattering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2018
The teacher distinguishes between atman, the individual soul of a living being, and Brahman, the world soul that contains and unites all atmans.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The world soul, Brahman, was sometimes seen as having the personalities of three gods: Brahma, the creator; Vishnu, the protector; and Shiva, the destroyer.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Introduced was a careful sentence to bring della Porta’s discussion of the soul in line with Christian teaching, and all references to the world soul, the anima mundi, were now carefully turned into quotations.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
There is Brahman, the world soul, the sustaining frame upon which is woven, warp and weft, the cloth of being, with all its decorative elements of space and time.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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