Project Gutenberg 2006-05-30 Public domain in the USA. 52 Kujala, Juho 1878 1919 Piru: Historiallinen katsaus pirun alkuperään, elämään ja toimintaan Reading ease score: 33.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Matti Järvinen, Tuija Lindholm and Distributed Proofreaders Europe "Piru: Historiallinen katsaus pirun alkuperään, elämään ja toimintaan" by Juho Kujala is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The book explores the origins, life, and actions associated with the concept of the devil, drawing connections from various religious beliefs and historical contexts. It delves into ancient perspectives on good and evil spirits, the development of dualism, and the evolution of the character of Satan through cultural narratives. At the start of the work, the author introduces the philosophical and psychological underpinnings of humanity’s understanding of life and death, illustrating how early perceptions of a dichotomy between body and soul fostered beliefs in spirits and deities. He discusses how primitive societies began to attribute natural phenomena and misfortunes to the actions of spirits, which divided into “good” and “evil” categories over time. The opening sets the stage for an in-depth examination of how the figure of the devil emerged from these ancient beliefs and transformed in religious and cultural narratives, marking a significant evolution in humanity's moral and spiritual understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fi Devil BF Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 161905 161792 2024-10-08T08:07:11.699142 2023-09-08T09:42:17.692506 text/html text/html 161898 161785 2024-10-08T08:07:12.091248 2023-09-08T09:42:17.828509 text/html text/html 150105 2024-10-08T08:07:19.461986 application/epub+zip 150976 2024-10-08T08:07:16.147046 application/epub+zip 130417 2024-10-08T08:07:14.712083 application/epub+zip 406229 2024-10-08T08:07:21.710108 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397474 2024-10-08T08:07:18.481064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 181791 2022-09-09T03:58:37.213678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144076 2024-10-08T08:07:11.401042 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 143790 2006-05-30T17:20:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 56621 2006-05-30T17:22:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 139247 2006-05-30T17:21:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56054 2006-05-30T17:22:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19771 2024-10-08T08:07:21.832969 application/rdf+xml 25795 2024-10-08T08:07:15.321068 image/jpeg 4709 2024-10-08T08:07:15.047135 image/jpeg 152704 2024-10-08T08:07:12.107166 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog