Metaphoric Speculation: Rereading Book 15 of Augustine's De Trinitate
This article argues that De trinitate advocates a process of "reading" God through metaphor. For Augustine, as for Plotinus, human beings understand God (to the degree that this is possible) not by analyzing him rationally but by seeing him through the metaphor of the human mind. But unlik...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Augustinian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-90 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
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