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Bernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind

  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S.
  • 14.8 x 24.4 x 1.5 cm

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For students and scholars of philosophy and theology

Clarifies complex ideas on happiness and self-fulfilment

You will gain wisdom through Bernard's unique insights

This insightful book explores Bernard of Clairvaux's profound thoughts on wisdom and reality.

Eminent scholar and educator John Sommerfeldt has written a book that will be welcomed by students as well as seasoned scholars in the academic world. It is a one-volume study of all of the essential aspects of Bernard of Clairvaux's thought. A key figure in the first half of the twelfth century, Bernard offers us solutions to the epistemological question that arises as a result of our search for happiness and self-fulfillment. Bernard's epistemology is complex. He was a human devoted to the classical literary approach to reality that aims at achieving wisdom through the appreciation of beauty. He was also a "mystic," who fostered superrational ways of ascertaining reality: faith, charismatic knowledge, and contemplation. Among the many topics that Sommerfeldt explores are mysticism, humanism, scholasticism, common sense ways of knowing, theology, philosophy, and the Abelard affair. And he emphasizes that Bernard's view of society--and the church--provides the context within which we can best understand his epistemology.
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Christianity In CultureBernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind

  • Title

    Bernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind

  • Author

    John R. Sommerfeldt

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Paulist Press International,U.S.

  • Published

    May 2004

  • Weight

    340g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    14.8 x 24.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9780809142033

  • ISBN-10

    0809142031

  • Eden Code

    1903228

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