Homo interior and Vita socialis: patristic patterns and twelfth-century reflections
Just as apparently universal ideas of inwardness are different over time, so the idea of the self in relation to others is subject to historical change and dependent on different contexts. Against a shared background of late antique and early medieval Christianity the thinkers who are the subject of...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Turnhout
Brepols
[2022]
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Studia traditionis theologiae (52)
Année: 2022 |
| Collection/Revue: | Studia traditionis theologiae
52 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430
/ Cassianus, Johannes 360-435
/ Gregor, I., Pape 542-604
/ Intériorité
/ Vie sociale
/ Anthropologie théologique
/ Réception <scientifique>
/ Scolastique
/ Histoire 1100-1200
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| Classifications IxTheo: | KAB Christianisme primitif |
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Table des matières Quatrième de couverture Literaturverzeichnis |
| Résumé: | Just as apparently universal ideas of inwardness are different over time, so the idea of the self in relation to others is subject to historical change and dependent on different contexts. Against a shared background of late antique and early medieval Christianity the thinkers who are the subject of this book develop their thoughts of a relational self within their wider concerns. Augustine is the thinker of interiority, but also of the social life. For Augustine, the opacity of others, even of oneself, and how to overcome it, is a main concern. Cassian writes about the ideal of solitude, yet neither the abbas who are the subject of his Conversations, nor his readers can avoid the company of others. For Cassian, human fellowship is instrumental in reaching the desired virtues of detachment, which then enables love for others. Gregory the Great searches for the right balance of the contemplative and the active life, but even the contemplative is not a separate individual. Gregory's instruction of the leaders of the Church emphasises the need to widen in compassion, against the constant danger for the preachers of hypocrisy and the swollenness of pride and arrogance. These three authors were among the most influential sources in later ages. Their echoes resonated in the twelfth century, when a renewed interest in interiority raises the question how the twelfth-century "inner man" relates to others. Hugh of Saint-Victor, Abelard, and Heloise, are among the writers in whose thoughts we see patristic thought reflected and changed in various ways |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 177-192. - Index |
| Description matérielle: | 209 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-2-503-60118-2 2-503-60118-9 |