THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD
In this article, the author wishes to defend a fundamental point: most ancient and early Christian thinkers (from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas) thought that the human imagination as a cognitive faculty was a hindrance to metaphysical thinking, to theology, and therefore to the beatifi c vision and sa...
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doaj-db19167696354cdb841b59b151b9aa532020-11-25T02:46:51ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия1991-640X1991-640X2010-08-013312335THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GODTATIANA BORODAIIn this article, the author wishes to defend a fundamental point: most ancient and early Christian thinkers (from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas) thought that the human imagination as a cognitive faculty was a hindrance to metaphysical thinking, to theology, and therefore to the beatifi c vision and salvation. Today, on the contrary, this cognitive faculty is considered to be a positive and very valuable one. The turning-point in the process of this re-evaluation is located in the fourteenth century, when a new literary genre of spiritual literature appeared — the meditationes vitae Christi. For the fi rst time, imagination was seen as a most effi cient tool for attaining a knowledge of God and the fi nal goal of man’s life.http://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/1178ImaginationUnderstandingFeelingKnowledgeSalvationPlatoAristotlethe StoicsPlotinusAugustineMedieval Techniques of Meditation |
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TATIANA BORODAI THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия Imagination Understanding Feeling Knowledge Salvation Plato Aristotle the Stoics Plotinus Augustine Medieval Techniques of Meditation |
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THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD |
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THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD |
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THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD |
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THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD |
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THE ROLE OF IMAGINATION IN ATTAINING THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD |
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role of imagination in attaining the knowledge of god |
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St. Tikhon's Orthodox University |
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Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия |
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1991-640X 1991-640X |
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In this article, the author wishes to defend a fundamental point: most ancient and early Christian thinkers (from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas) thought that the human imagination as a cognitive faculty was a hindrance to metaphysical thinking, to theology, and therefore to the beatifi c vision and salvation. Today, on the contrary, this cognitive faculty is considered to be a positive and very valuable one. The turning-point in the process of this re-evaluation is located in the fourteenth century, when a new literary genre of spiritual literature appeared — the meditationes vitae Christi. For the fi rst time, imagination was seen as a most effi cient tool for attaining a knowledge of God and the fi nal goal of man’s life. |
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Imagination Understanding Feeling Knowledge Salvation Plato Aristotle the Stoics Plotinus Augustine Medieval Techniques of Meditation |
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