Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Contemplation and hypostatic procession in Plotinus
The soul of the contemplator is on the same level as the λόϒος that is the object of contemplation. Further hypostatic ascent is possible only in so far as what the soul contemplates is a mere representation of something higher. The soul's ascent terminates at the level of intelligence, where the re...
| Autore: | David P. Hunt |
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S.n.,
s.l.,
1981
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| Pagine: | 71-79 |
| Periodico: | Apeiron |
| Numero: | 15 |
| Formato: | Article |
| Soggetto: | -
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| Status: | Needs Review |
| Riassunto: | The soul of the contemplator is on the same level as the λόϒος that is the object of contemplation. Further hypostatic ascent is possible only in so far as what the soul contemplates is a mere representation of something higher. The soul's ascent terminates at the level of intelligence, where the representation coincides with the object represented. |
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[Procession] 
The Theology of the Hypostatic Union in the Early Thirteenth Century. Vol. II: Alexander of Hales' Theology of the Hypostatic Union