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Pneuma
(949 words)
(πνεῦμα/
pneûma; Lat.
spiritus). [German version] A. General The primary meaning of
pneuma (< πνέω/
pnéō, 'blow, waft
') is wind or breath. In scientific and philosophical literature, the term gradually acquired a more technical meaning. In the Hellenistic and subsequent periods,
pneuma is a central idea in a number of important medical and natural-philosophical (including theological) systems. Tieleman, Teun (Leeuwarden) [German version] B. Historical overview As early as the 5th and 4th cents. BC,
pneuma is used as an explanatory principle for physiological processes…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
