Knowledge And Illumination
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Knowledge And Illumination
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Author : Hossein Ziai
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Knowledge And Illumination written by Hossein Ziai and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Philosophy categories.
Knowledge As Value
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Author : Ian Morley
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2008
Knowledge As Value written by Ian Morley and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
This book considers the place and value of knowledge in contemporary society. “Knowledge” is not a self-evident concept: both its denotations and connotations are historically situated. Since the Enlightenment, knowledge has been a matter of discovery through effort, and “knowledge for its own sake” a taken-for-granted ideal underwriting progressive education as a process which not only taught “for” and “about” something, but also ennobled the soul. While this ideal has not been explicitly rejected, in recent decades there has been a tacit move away from a strong emphasis on its centrality, even in Higher Education. The authors address the values that inform knowledge production in its present forms, and seek to identify social and cultural factors that support these values.Against the background of increasingly restrictive conditions of academic work, the first section of this volume offers incisive critiques of Higher Education, with examples drawn from Australia and New Zealand. The second group of chapters considers how academics have viewed, and have tried to adapt to, present circumstances. The third section comprises papers that consider epistemological issues in the generation and promulgation of knowledge. The chapters in this volume are indicative of the work that needs to be done so that we can come to comprehend – and perhaps try and improve – our relationship to learning and knowledge in the 21st Century.This timely book will be of particular interest to workers in higher education; it should also inform and challenge all those who have concerns for the future of the intellectual life of our civilization.
Divine Illumination
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Author : Lydia Schumacher
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Divine Illumination written by Lydia Schumacher and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with Religion categories.
DIVINE ILLUMINATION “An important and ground-breaking study which links growing interest in Augustine and medieval philosophy with cutting-edge questions in contemporary philosophy of religion, particularly concerning epistemology and the ‘rationality’ of religion.” Janet Soskice, University of Cambridge “In this lucidly argued and solidly documented study, Schumacher uncovers the roots of problems notoriously besetting modern theories of knowledge in conflicting medieval interpretations of Augustine’s assumptions about knowledge as divine illumination: an intriguing thesis, which she handles with delicacy and flair.” Fergus Kerr, O.P. University of Edinburgh “Challenges the traditional history of theories of knowledge. A bold and provocative reading.” Olivier Boulnois, École Pratique des Hautes Études (University of Paris, Sorbonne) Divine Illumination offers an original interpretation of Augustine’s theory of knowledge, tracing its development in the work of medieval thinkers such as Anselm, Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus. Although Scotus is often deemed responsible for finally pronouncing Augustine’s longstanding illumination account untenable, Schumacher shows that he only rejected a version that was the byproduct of a shift in the understanding of illumination and knowledge more generally within the thirteenth-century Franciscan school of thought. To reckon with the challenges in contemporary thought on knowledge that were partly made possible by this shift, Schumacher recommends relearning a way of thinking about knowledge that was familiar to Augustine and those who worked in continuity with him. Her book thus anticipates a new approach to dealing with debates in contemporary epistemology, philosophy of religion, and theology, even while correcting some longstanding assumptions about Augustine and his most significant medieval readers.
Suhrawardi And The School Of Illumination
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Author : Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-03-18
Suhrawardi And The School Of Illumination written by Mehdi Amin Razavi Aminrazavi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-18 with Social Science categories.
Shihab al-Din Yahya Suhrawardi, also known as Shaikh al-ishraq or the Master of Illumination, lived in the sixth century AH / twelfth century CE. His thoughts form a consistent and coherent philosophical system, and a close study of his writings in Persian reveals a theory of knowledge generally called 'Knowledge by Presence'. The elaborate web of myth and symbolism in Suhrawardi's philosophy articulates his theory of knowledge, an important subject in the ishraqi school of thought. Suhrawardi, who claims first to have discovered the truth and then embarked on a path to find the rational basis of his experiential wisdom, represents a thinker who tried to reconcile rational discourse and inner purification.
Ascent To Spiritual Illumination
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Author : Swami Ashokananda
language : en
Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
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Ascent To Spiritual Illumination written by Swami Ashokananda and has been published by Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Religion categories.
In each of the ten lectures collected in this book, the author, a master of Vedantic elucidation, speaks to the average spiritual aspirant , one who desires spiritual enlightenment, but is not yet willing to let go of worldly pleasures. He shows us a gradual way , not a way of compromise, but a way of steady and sure advancement toward the ultimate goal of illumination. In these lectures he tells us how to go about it and why it is the only natural and rational thing for human beings to do. Published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication house of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India.
Christ The Light
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Author : David L. Whidden (III)
language : en
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Release Date : 2014
Christ The Light written by David L. Whidden (III) and has been published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Religion categories.
Light is one of the most ancient and significant metaphors adopted by Christianity by which to understand the significance of Jesus Christ. This book establishes the theological network formed by the motif of light/illumination in Aquinas, from how theology operates to the systematic, sacramental, and moral coordinates in Aquinas' theology.
A Study In Illumination
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Author : Geraldine Emma Hodgson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914
A Study In Illumination written by Geraldine Emma Hodgson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with English literature categories.
On The Mental Illumination And Moral Improvement Of Mankind Or An Inquiry Into The Means By Which A General Diffusion Of Knowledge And Moral Principle May Be Promoted Illustrated With Engravings Volume V
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Author : Thomas Dick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-20
On The Mental Illumination And Moral Improvement Of Mankind Or An Inquiry Into The Means By Which A General Diffusion Of Knowledge And Moral Principle May Be Promoted Illustrated With Engravings Volume V written by Thomas Dick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-20 with categories.
The book, On The Mental Illumination And Moral Improvement Of Mankind, Or, An Inquiry Into The Means By Which A General Diffusion Of Knowledge And Moral Principle May Be Promoted; Illustrated With Engravings (Volume V), has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
The Light Of The Mind
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Author : Ronald H. Nash
language : en
Publisher: ARPress
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Light Of The Mind written by Ronald H. Nash and has been published by ARPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
St. Augustine is not only the bridge that links ancient philosophy and early Christian theology with the thought of the Middle Ages, but one who, in his philosophy and especially in his epistemology, anticipated some of the most important ideas of Descartes and Malbranche, Berkeley and Kant. In this study of the central aspect of St. Augustine's thought, the author analyzes the various facets of his theory of knowledge and offers a new interpretation of his idea of divine illumination. St. Augustine's views on skepticism and truth, on faith and reason, and on sense perception and cogitation are first examined in order to show their relation to this theory of divine illumination as the ultimate source of truth for man. The proper understanding of the theory of illumination, of how man apprehends the divine ideas, is the most difficult problem in St. Augustine's epistemology, for he did not formulate any systematic theory of knowledge. Any account of the Augustinian epistemology, Mr. Nash believes, must resolve three paradoxes: how the intellect is both passive and active; how the forms are distinct from - and not distinct from - the human mind; and how man's mind is and is not the light that makes knowledge possible. In explaining the nature of divine illumination, Nash discusses four interpretations that have been advanced; the Thomist (which he rejects as not faithful to St. Augustine's general philosophy), the Franciscan, the Formalist, and the Ontologist. He argues here for a modified Ontologist view. In his synthesis of Christian theology and Neoplatonic philosophy, St. Augustine held that all creation partakes of truth in varying degrees, that man as the highest part of creation, created in God's image and thus sharing to some degree the divine nature, is able to know truth through the divine light and the light of his own mind. In attempting to find an answer to the perennial problem of knowledge, St. Augustine, Nash suggests, was struggling to find a theory that would combine the benefits of conceptualism and realism, and his answer was more modern than many have given him credit for. Ronald Nash is widely regarded as one of the premier evangelical philosophers in the world. He is professor of philosophy at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has taught at a number of other colleges and seminaries, including Western Kentucky University and Reformed Theological Seminary. The author of more than 35 books on philosophy, theology and economics, Dr. Nash is in constant demand as a speaker throughout the world.
Illumination Spiritual Healing
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Author : James Porter Mills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914
Illumination Spiritual Healing written by James Porter Mills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with Meditation categories.