On the Darkness of the Will Paperback / softback
by Nicola Masciandaro
Part of the Philosophy series
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"For the will desires not to be dark, and this very desire causes the darkness” (Jacob Boehme).
Moving through the fundamental question of this paradox, this book offers a constellation of theoretical and critical essays that shed light on the darkness of the will: its obscurity to itself.
Through in-depth analysis of medieval and modern sources - Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Eriugena, Dante, Meister Eckhart, Chaucer, Nietzsche, Cioran, Meher Baba - this volume interrogates the nature and meaning of the will, along seven modes: spontaneity, potentiality, sorrow, matter, vision, eros, and sacrifice.
These multiple lines of inquiry are finally presented to coalesce around one fundamental point of agreement: the will says yes, yet only a will that knows how to say no to itself, entering the silence of its own darkness, will ever be free.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:178 pages, 9
- Publisher:Mimesis International
- Publication Date:31/10/2018
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- ISBN:9788869771569
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:178 pages, 9
- Publisher:Mimesis International
- Publication Date:31/10/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9788869771569
