Le statut de l'image dans la pensée augustinienne

According to Augustine is image an obstacle toward God or does it lead up to Him? Images can alienate man, but they can also give access to God, if man recognizes signs of the Creator in them; therefore he is invited to come to himself in order to see the image of God in himself. This image of God b...

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Author:Isabelle Bochet
Published: S.n., s.l., 2009
Volume:72
Pages:249-269
Language:French
Periodical:Archives de philosophie
Number:2
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Plotinus > Plotinus > Sensitive knowledge
- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Porphyry
- Doctrine > Man > [L'âme (origine ; nature ; propriétés ; facultés ; spiritus)] > Ascent of the soul
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Connaissance sensible (le rêve)] > [Rêve-songe-imagination-l'imaginaire-vision(s)] > [Imago(-ines)-imaginatio]
- Doctrine > Man > [Image de Dieu] > [Imago Dei/Similtudo Dei]
- Doctrine > Man > [Doctrine de la connaissance] > [Connaissance humaine de Dieu] > [Analogie(s)]
Status:Active
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Summary:According to Augustine is image an obstacle toward God or does it lead up to Him? Images can alienate man, but they can also give access to God, if man recognizes signs of the Creator in them; therefore he is invited to come to himself in order to see the image of God in himself. This image of God becomes clear, when the mind understands itself purely and is bended to God; on the contrary the image of God becomes obscure and distorted when the soul delights in body pictures so much so that it wraps itself in them.

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