04146cam a2200673Li 4500 ocn905879431 OCoLC 20200709060229.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 150109s2013 oru ob 001 0 eng d YDXCP eng rda pn YDXCP OCLCO EBLCP N$T E7B OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO 891449694 899577232 923216719 929119657 9780227902219 (electronic bk.) 0227902211 (electronic bk.) 9781620322451 (pbk.) 1620322455 (pbk.) (OCoLC)905879431 (OCoLC)891449694 (OCoLC)899577232 (OCoLC)923216719 (OCoLC)929119657 BT40 .S36 2013 REL 067000 bisacsh 230.01 23 231 23 MAIN Sammon, Brendan Thomas, author. The God who is beauty : beauty as a divine name in Thomas Aquinas and Dionysius the Areopagite / Brendan Thomas Sammon. Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (ix, 391 pages .). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Princeton theological monograph series ; 206 Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-387) and index. Beauty and the divine in ancient Greek philosophy: Plato and Aristotle -- Beauty and the divine in Neoplatonism: Plotinus and Proclus -- The tradition of the divine names -- Beauty as a divine name in Dionysius the Areopagite I: beauty as transcendent plenitude -- Beauty as a divine name in Dionysius the Areopagite II: beauty as a principle of determination / Beauty and the one -- The passage of Dionysius into the Latin West -- The journey of beauty as a divine name: from the sixth to the thirteenth century -- Beauty as a divine name in Albert the Great -- Thomas Aquinas and the tradition of the divine names -- Beauty as a divine name in Thomas Aquinas: In de divinis nominibus expositio -- Beauty as a divine name in Thomas Aquinas: beyond the commentary on the divine names -- Conclusion. Beauty as the between. Print version record. In the beginning was beauty, and beauty was with God, and beauty was God. If the tradition of divine names, that (in its Christian form) originates with Dionysius the Areopagite and includes among its ranks Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and others, is correct in identifying God with the name beauty, then repurposing the Prologue to John's Gospel in this way seems hardly controversial. For if beauty is a divine name then not only is it fitting to say God is beautiful, but it is equally fitting to say that God is beauty itself. However, like most arguments from fittingness-that is to say, ar. Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite Aesthetics. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 Aesthetics. Aesthetics Early works to 1800. Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity. God Beauty. God Name History of doctrines. Aesthetics Early works to 1800. Aesthetics Religious aspects Christianity. God Beauty. God Name History of doctrines. Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite Aesthetics. Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274 Aesthetics. RELIGION Christian Theology General. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Sammon, Brendan Thomas. God who is beauty. 9781620322451 1620322455 (DLC) 2013454734 (OCoLC)865507283 Princeton theological monograph series ; 206. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=852853 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1793855 ebrary EBRY ebr10949496 EBSCOhost EBSC 852853 YBP Library Services YANK 12090929 92 N$T 55472 55472