Chapter VII. Thinking Negatively : The Foundations Of The Via Negativa
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This is an electronic version of chapter VII, Thinking Negatively : the Foundations of the Via Negativa from the book:
Mortley, Raoul (1986) From Word to Silence, I. The rise and fall of logos. (Theophaneia Bd 30) Bonn: Hanstein, 1986.
Abstract
Chapter Contents: Where does it come from? 125; how to interpret the Parmenides 127; Speusippus on the ineffable One 132; the negative in Plato 135; the negative in Aristotle 137; abstraction 141; the idea of reality which accompanies the method of abstraction 144; the Sceptics on the value of aphaireiir 150; Philo and the Gnostics on negative language 154.
Suggested Citation
Raoul Mortley. "Chapter VII. Thinking Negatively : The Foundations Of The Via Negativa" From Word to Silence, 1. The Rise and Fall of Logos (1986).
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/raoul_mortley/12