It takes the average reader 8 hours and 7 minutes to read The Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg by David Duner
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Although Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) is commonly known for his spiritual philosophy, his early career was focused unnatural science. During this period, Swedenborg thought of the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. This volume analyzes this mechanistic worldview from the cognitive perspective, by means of a study of the metaphors in Swedenborg’s texts. The author argues that these conceptual metaphors are vital skills of the creative mind and scientific thinking, used to create visual analogies and abstract ideas. This means that Swedenborg’s...
The Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg by David Duner is 476 pages long, and a total of 121,856 words.
This makes it 161% the length of the average book. It also has 149% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 5 minutes to read The Natural philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg aloud.
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