Bonaventures Aesthetics - The Delight of the Soul in Its Ascent Into God

Bonaventure's Aesthetics: The Delight of the Soul in Its Ascent into God provides an extensive analysis of Bonaventure's concept of beauty, the first to appear since Balthasar's Herrlichkeit, and the role it plays in the Itinerarium mentis in Deum.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Note on the Cover Illustration
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Disputed Questions on Bonaventure's Aesthetics
1. Bonaventure's Debt to l'Esthétique Musicale
2. Bonaventure's Debt to l'Esthétique de la Lumière
3. Bonaventure's Account of the Aesthetic Experience
4. The Aesthetic Dimensions of the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum
Conclusion
Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Thomas J. McKenna is professor of history and philosophy at Concord University in Athens, West Virginia.

Zusammenfassung

Bonaventure’s Aesthetics: The Delight of the Soul in Its Ascent into God provides an extensive analysis of Bonaventure’s concept of beauty, the first to appear since Balthasar’s Herrlichkeit, and the role it plays in the Itinerarium mentis in Deum.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Thomas J. McKenna
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781498597654
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9765-4
• Seiten: 186
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, RELIGION / Theology, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Theology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Medieval Philosophy, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600