Makrokosmos V
Macrocosm V

Summary/Abstract: The works of modern natural scientists and philosophers attributed great significance to the theme of human death and reincarnation. Concomitant to this was the discussion whether a reborn person is the same, or only resembles the one who died, i.e. the issue of numeric and qualitative identity. Discussions about the immortality of the soul, the possible existence and activity of the soul in and outside a physical body, the fate of soul after death, etc. were also considered of vital importance. The seventeenth-century English philosophy was based on the tenets of the Anglican Church about the absolute immortality of soul. John Locke, among other things, posed the question of the moral responsibility of the soul, especially from the aspect of postmortem destiny. The most common view of the time, however, was that the death of a human denies the possibility of repenting his sins: supernal bliss or torment in hell is the consequence of one's worldly actions.

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