On What Cannot Be Said

William Franke (Editor)

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Apophasis has become a major topic in the humanities, particularly in philosophy, religion, and literature. This monumental two-volume anthology gathers together most of the important historical works on apophaticism and illustrates the diverse trajectories of apophatic discourse in ancient, modern, and postmodern times. William Franke provides a major introductory essay on apophaticism at the beginning of each volume, and shorter introductions to each anthology selection. The first volume, Classic Formulations, offers excerpts from Plato, Plotinus, Damascius, the Bible, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Maimonides, Rumi, Thomas Aquinas, Marguerite Porete, Dante, Teresa of Ávila, John of the Cross, and more.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Épistémologie
• Philosophie de la religion
• Comparative Religion
• Religious
• PHILOSOPHY
• Philosophie et théologie
• Epistemology

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2007
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268070588
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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Apophatic Discourses in Philosophy, Religion, Literature, and the Arts

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Edited with Theoretical and Critical Essays by William Franke

University of Notre Dame Press

Notre Dame, Indiana

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On what cannot be said : apophatic discourses in philosophy, religion, literature, and the arts : vol.:Classic formulations / edited with theoretical and critical essays by William Franke. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. -: ----(cloth : alk. paper) -: ---(cloth : alk. paper) -: ----(pbk. : alk. paper) -: ---(pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN - 13: 978-0-268-07058-8 (web pdf) . Mysticism.. Negative theology.. Speeches, addresses, etc. I. Franke, William. .  —dc 

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Hymn to the Transcendence of God Preface: Apophasis as a Genre of Discourse Introduction: Historical Lineaments of Apophasis

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Plato,Parmenidesb–e Plotinus,The EnneadsV.v.; VI.ix.–,,; V.iii., Porphyry?,Commentary on Plato’s Parmenides, Fragments I–VI Proclus,Commentary on the Parmenides, Book VII,K–K Damascius,Doubts and Solutions Concerning First Principles, Part I, chaps.–

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Bible:Kings:–(Elijah on Mount Horeb);Corinthians :–(Paul rapt to the third heaven) Philo,On Cain’s Posterity–;On Change of Names–; On the Law of AllegoryIII,–;On DreamsI,–,– Corpus HermeticumV.,–;Asclepius Tripartite TractateI,–(Gnostic text from the Nag Hammadi Library) Clement of Alexandria,StromateV, chap. XII,.–. Gregory of Nyssa,The Life of Moses, Book II,–;On Virginity.–;Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Sermon, .– Augustine,Confessions, Book IX.x.xxiii–xxv (The Vision at Ostia)

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Dionysius the Aeropagite,Divine Names, chaps. I and VII,; Mystical Theology Johannes Scotus Eriugena,The Division of NatureI, d–d Moses Maimonides,Guide of the PerplexedI, chaps.,,– Kabbalah: Azriel of Gerona, “Ein Sof,” “The Annihilation of Thought,” and “Being and Nothingness”;ZoharIII,b; Isaac the Blind, “Beyond Knowing”; fromEmbellishments on the Zohar; Joseph Gikatilla, “The Name of Nothingness”; David ben Abraham ha-Lavan and Asher ben David, “Ayin”; Moses of Léon, “The Wisdom of Nothingness” and ”Ripples” Ibn al-‘Arabi, from “The Wisdom of Exaltation in the Word of Noah” and “The Exaltation of Light in the Word of Joseph” inThe Bezels of Wisdom Rumi, “The Reed Flute’s Song”; “The World Which Is Made of Our Love for Emptiness”; “Quietness” Albert the Great,Commentary on Dionysius’ Mystical Theology, chap. Thomas Aquinas,Summa theologiaeIa, q., arts.–,– (“De nominibus Dei”)

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Marguerite Porete, fromThe Mirror of Simple Souls, chaps., Meister Eckhart, German Sermonsand;Commentary on Exodus, sections–;Granum sinapis, stanzas VII and VIII Dante,Paradiso, Canto XXXIII,– Gregory Palamas,Triads in Defence of the Holy Hesychasts, I.iii, chaps.,,– The Cloud of Unknowing, chaps.,, Nicholas of Cusa,Dialogue on the Hiddenness of God; On Learned Ignorance, Book I, chaps.– Teresa of Ávila,Interior Castle, Sixth Mansions, from chaps.and

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John of the Cross,Spiritual Canticle, Prologue, sectionsand; The Dark Night, Book II, chap. XVII,–;Ascent of Mount Carmel, Book I, chap. XIII,; “The Dark Night” (poem); “Stanzas Concerning an Ecstasy Experienced in High Contemplation” Jakob Böhme,On the Election of Divine Grace, chap. Silesius Angelus, selections fromThe Wandering Cherub

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