Living with Mystery: Virtue, Truth, and Practice
This paper examines how a persons life may be shaped by living with a sense of the mystery of reality. What virtues, if any, are encouraged by such a sense? The first section rehearses a radical doctrine of mystery, according to which reality as it anyway is, independently of human perspectives,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2012]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-13 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines how a persons life may be shaped by living with a sense of the mystery of reality. What virtues, if any, are encouraged by such a sense? The first section rehearses a radical doctrine of mystery, according to which reality as it anyway is, independently of human perspectives, is ineffable. It is then argued that a sense of mystery may provide measure for human lives. For it is possible for a life to be consonant with this sense - through exercising humility, for example - and even to emulate mystery. A further section corrects a misunderstanding about the connection between a sense of mystery and the virtues it invites, while a final section considers the relationship between living with mystery and religious faith. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v4i3.273 |