To see into the life of things: the contemplation of nature in Maximus the Confessor and his predecessors
This work provides a synthetic treatment of Maximus the Confessor's Ambigua to John, a collection of texts uniquely expressive of the speculative contours of his thought. Maximus the Confessor (580-662) is one of the great minds of the Christian tradition and his Ambigua to John are a collectio...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Turnhout
Brepols
2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Monothéismes et philosophie
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maximus, Confessor, Heiliger 580-662, Ambigua
/ Contemplation
/ Nature
/ Knowledge of nature
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| Summary: | This work provides a synthetic treatment of Maximus the Confessor's Ambigua to John, a collection of texts uniquely expressive of the speculative contours of his thought. Maximus the Confessor (580-662) is one of the great minds of the Christian tradition and his Ambigua to John are a collection of texts uniquely expressive of the speculative contours of his thought. They have not, however, received a synthetic treatment until now. This work provides such a synthetic treatment and argues that Maximus' central concern in the Ambigua to John is to articulate the nature of philosophy and, more precisely, the scope of the contemplation of nature within the philosophical life, where "philosophy," the love of wisdom, is nothing less than the love of the Divine |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [341] - 352 |
| ISBN: | 2503548938 |