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Human Knowledge According to Saint Maximus the Confessor

by Nevena Dimitrova

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Resource Publications
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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This book is dedicated to the synergic process of divine-human communion in the humanly possible knowledge of God, according to Saint Maximus the Confessor. These various types of knowledge play an important, but as yet unexplored role in Maximus the Confessor's teaching on God, which in many respects appears to be a synthesis and culmination of the Greek patristic tradition and the antecedent of ancient pre-Christian and Christian philosophy. Focus on this problem brings forth the major issues of Maximus' psychology: the ""soul-body"" relationship and a detailed examination of the cognitive capacities of the soul, including the perception of the senses, rational activity, and operations of the mind. The indivisibility of the gnoseological issues from medieval man is traced in an examination of the cognitive levels within the trichotomic structure of practical philosophy, natural contemplation, and theology. The two methods--both affirmative (cataphatic) and negative (apophatic)--demonstrate the two rational discourses in human knowledge of God. Special attention is given to the understanding of hexis (
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  • Author

    Nevena Dimitrova

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Resource Publications

  • Published

    October 2016

  • Weight

    445g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781498285605

  • ISBN-10

    1498285600

  • Eden Code

    4500449

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