German Mysticism From Hildegard Of Bingen To Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Author | : Andrew Weeks |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1993-07-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781438423500 |
This book offers the reader an introduction to the writings of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Nicholas of Cusa, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Angelus Silesius, Novalis and includes the more recent thinkers, such as Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, who were influenced by the tradition. It is the first study of its scope to take into account the much ignored historical preconditions of German mysticism and the first to trace the thematic evolution of mystical literature from a core of biblical and Augustinian materials. It also follows in the footsteps of recent scholarship in showing how German mysticism interacts with other currents in intellectual history such as the Reformation, Romanticism, or Modernism. Instead of murky generalizations, the reader will find clear discussions of representative literary documents, analyzed with an eye to theme, source, style, function, and influence.
Author | : Andrew Weeks |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780791414194 |
This book offers the reader an introduction to the writings of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Nicholas of Cusa, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Angelus Silesius, Novalis and includes the more recent thinkers, such as Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, who were influenced by the tradition. It is the first study of its scope to take into account the much ignored historical preconditions of German mysticism and the first to trace the thematic evolution of mystical literature from a core of biblical and Augustinian materials. It also follows in the footsteps of recent scholarship in showing how German mysticism interacts with other currents in intellectual history such as the Reformation, Romanticism, or Modernism. Instead of murky generalizations, the reader will find clear discussions of representative literary documents, analyzed with an eye to theme, source, style, function, and influence.
Author | : Andrew Weeks |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780791444405 |
This first English-language consideration of Valentin Weigel, an important but neglected figure in German intellectual history, examines his life and his writings on tolerance.
Author | : Anne H. King-Lenzmeier |
Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780814658420 |
Surveys the Writing of Hildegard of Bingen. Both Her Visionary and Nonvisionary Works, As Well As Her Music, and Describes the Events and Forces in Her Life That Led to Hildegard Creating a Virtual Library of Publications. The Author Provides a Sketch of Hildegard As a Nun, a Religious Superior, Author, Mystic, and Musician, While Defining the Theological Integration That Occurred During Her Creative Life. Book jacket.
Author | : Andrew Weeks |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780791431474 |
Paracelsus is commonly regarded as one of the great figures of sixteenth-century Europe and of German intellectual history. This book examines the content of his writings in order to clarify it and its historical context.
Author | : Peter Tyler |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2011-08-18 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441104445 |
Author | : Bernard McGinn |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 1997-01-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441134581 |
The great German mystic Meister Eckhart remains one of the most fascinating figures in Western thought. Revived interest in Eckhart's mysticism has been matched, and even surpassed, by the study of the women mystics of the late13th century. This book argues that Eckhart's thought cannot be fully be understood until it is viewed against the background of the breakthroughs made by the women mystics who preceded him.
Author | : S. Higley |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2007-12-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230610056 |
The Lingua Ignota, "brought forth" by the twelfth-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen, provides 1012 neologisms for praise of Church and new expression of the things of her world. Noting her visionary metaphors, her music, and various medieval linguistic philosophies, Higley examines how the "Unknown Language" makes arid signifiers green again. This text, however, is too often seen in too narrow a context: glossolalia, angelic language, secret code. Higley provides an edition and English translation of its glosses in the Riesencodex (with assistance from the Berlin MS) , but also places it within a history of imaginary language making from medieval times to the most contemporary projects in efforts to uncover this woman s bold involvement in an intellectual and creative endeavor that spans centuries.
Author | : Albrecht Classen |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 647 |
Release | : 2014-07-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3110377853 |
This volume continues the critical exploration of fundamental issues in the medieval and early modern world, here concerning mental health, spirituality, melancholy, mystical visions, medicine, and well-being. The contributors, who originally had presented their research at a symposium at The University of Arizona in May 2013, explore a wide range of approaches and materials pertinent to these issues, taking us from the early Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, capping the volume with some reflections on the relevance of religion today. Lapidary sciences matter here as much as medical-psychological research, combined with literary and art-historical approaches. The premodern understanding of mental health is not taken as a miraculous panacea for modern problems, but the contributors suggest that medieval and early modern writers, scientists, and artists commanded a considerable amount of arcane, sometimes curious and speculative, knowledge that promises to be of value and relevance even for us today, once again. Modern palliative medicine finds, for instance, intriguing parallels in medieval word magic, and the mystical perspectives encapsulated highly productive alternative perceptions of the macrocosm and microcosm that promise to be insightful and important also for the post-modern world.
Author | : Veronica Freeman |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780820478654 |
The poet Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis) (1772-1801) exemplifies romantic ideals in his nostalgic yearning for spiritual fulfillment and, in doing so, invokes the language of authentic mystics. While romantics and mystics believe in the common goal of original union, the path toward wholeness has led them down separate roads, which, it may be argued, have converged only linguistically. This book, therefore, emphasizes the importance of examining metaphors in their respective traditions.