"Standing Erect within the Dark Cloud" (III 7,5): ‘Negativity’ and the Subject in Isaac of Nineveh

In the thought of Isaac of Nineveh (seventh c.), the dimension of ‘negativity’ plays a crucial role. Isaac uses negative terms and images to outline the conditions of possibility of the encounter with the Absolute: the access to a state of inward emptiness and a capacity for remaining whole and ‘con...

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Main Author: Duca, Valentina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brepols 2021
In: Sacris erudiri
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Pages: 181-203
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Isaac Syrus 640-700 / God / Secret / Negativity / Emptiness
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
NBC Doctrine of God
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