Richard of St. Victor's theory of imagination / Ritva Palmén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmén, Ritva, author.

Series:

Investigating medieval philosophy ; Volume 8.

Investigating Medieval Philosophy, 1879-9787 ; Volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Contemplation.

Mysticism.

Richard, of St. Victor, -1173. Benjamin major.

Richard.

Richard, of St. Victor, -1173. Benjamin minor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard of St.Victor (d.1173) developed original ideas about the faculty of imagination in a twelfth-century Parisian context. Related to the historical study of philosophical psychology, Richard of St. Victor’s Theory of Imagination acknowledges that the faculty of imagination, being a necessary precondition for human reasoning and a link between soul and body, plays an important role in Richard’s understanding of the human soul. Richard also deals with the interpretation of biblical language, metaphors, rhetoric, and the possibility of creative imagination. Considering all these aspects of the imagination in Richard’s texts improves our understanding of his theological epistemology and sheds new light on the theory of the imagination in the history of medieval philosophy in general.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Imagination in Classical and Medieval Thought

The Fundamentals of Richard’s Anthropology

The Role of Imagination as the Soul Prepares for Contemplation

Imagination in the First Two Kinds of Contemplation

The Third Kind of Contemplation

Imagination at the Uppermost Stages of Contemplation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27945-8

OCLC:

890982382

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004279452 DOI