transmigration

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The thought behind Pythagoras' transmigration view is that humans and animals are alike.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

Pythagoreans also believed in the transmigration of souls, an idea that Plato would adopt.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Knausgaard chews on notions of faith, free will, the transmigration of souls, the nature of angels, on meaning and nothingness in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and Rilke’s poetry.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021

His search for self and spiritual transmigration led to his downfall and has to become a cautionary tale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2021

Or did they wish by their art of embalmment to preserve the body from decay, in order to deliver the soul from the dreaded transmigration?

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich