world soul

noun

1. the animating principle or the moving force of the universe; world spirit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of world soul¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The highest world consists of the separate Intelligences or angels, including the world-soul of which the human soul is a part.

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He fancied it was the world-soul that animates all things, a concrete form of one of the illusions of the present time.

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The World-soul was, in fact, repugnant to men who were impressed with the thought of Sin, and who associated Sin with matter.

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He takes matter and binds it into the four elements, and these elements he builds into the empty framework of the World-Soul.

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What he apparently did believe in, however, was the existence of the World-Soul, and a few words upon this subject are necessary.

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