Loving the imageless: Descartes on the sensuous love of God
Descartes claims that we can love God sensuously. However, it is prima facie unclear how this is possible, given that he is also committed to the impossibility of sensing or imagining God. In this essay, I show that Descartes has the metaphysical and psychophysical resources necessary to alleviate t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2023
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 84, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 199-215 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Descartes, René 1596-1650
/ Descartes, René 1596-1650, Les passions de l'âme
/ Love
/ Sensuality
/ God
/ Morals
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBC Doctrine of God NCA Ethics VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Passions
B Love B Body B God B Descartes |
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| Summary: | Descartes claims that we can love God sensuously. However, it is prima facie unclear how this is possible, given that he is also committed to the impossibility of sensing or imagining God. In this essay, I show that Descartes has the metaphysical and psychophysical resources necessary to alleviate this tension. First, I discuss Descartes’s account of the intellectual love of God, demonstrating that the intellectual love of God constitutively involves the love of God’s creation. Second, I argue that an image of God’s creation is sufficient for communicating the intellectual love of God to the body, so as to produce a sensuous love of God. And third, I discuss Descartes’s reasons for developing an account of the sensuous love of God. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2023.2268642 |