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Platonic Mysticism: Contemplative Science, Philosophy, Literature, and Art

Platonic Mysticism: Contemplative Science, Philosophy, Literature, and Art

Versluis, Arthur

Paperback

Series: Suny Western Esoteric Traditions

PhilosophyReligion General

ISBN10: 1438466323
ISBN13: 9781438466323
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 2 2018
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Restores the Platonic history and context of mysticism and shows how mysticism helps us understand more deeply the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art.

In Platonic Mysticism, Arthur Versluis clearly and tautly argues that mysticism must be properly understood as belonging to the great tradition of Platonism. He demonstrates how mysticism was historically understood in Western philosophical and religious traditions and emphatically rejects externalist approaches to esoteric religion. Instead he develops a new theoretical-critical model for understanding mystical literature and the humanities as a whole, from philosophy and literature to art. A sequel to his Restoring Paradise, this is an audacious book that places Platonic mysticism in the context of contemporary cognitive and other approaches to the study of religion, and presents an emerging model for the new field of contemplative science.

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