A Reading of Ælred of Rievaulx's De Anima: Through Ciceronian Dialogue to Personal Testament

The article focuses on the reading of Alfred of Rievaulx's "De Anima" also called "A Dialogue on the Soul" through Ciceronian dialogue. It states that Ciceronian dialogue provides the vehicle for "De Anima" to offer a text and a subtext, in which a text offers an u...

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Main Author: Lange, Maryjory E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2010
In: Cistercian studies quarterly
Year: 2010, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 401-420
Further subjects:B Soul music
B Ciceronianism
B Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167. De anima. English
B Humanism
B Tironian notes
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Summary:The article focuses on the reading of Alfred of Rievaulx's "De Anima" also called "A Dialogue on the Soul" through Ciceronian dialogue. It states that Ciceronian dialogue provides the vehicle for "De Anima" to offer a text and a subtext, in which a text offers an utterly non-controversial, fully traditional exposition of the functions, nature, and highest destiny of the soul. Meanwhile, subtext consist both in a message and dialogic relationship.
ISSN:1062-6549
Contains:Enthalten in: Cistercian studies quarterly