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