The Noetics of Nature: Environmental Philosophy and the Holy Beauty of the Visible
(Part of the Groundworks: Ecological Issues in Philosophy and Theology Series)
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Contemplative or "noetic" knowledge has traditionally been seen as the highest mode of understanding, a view that persists both in many non-Western cultures and in Eastern Christianity, where "theoria physike," or the illumined understanding of creation that follows the purification of the heart, is seen to provide deeper insights into nature than the discursive rationality modernity has used to dominate and conquer it. Working from texts...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0823254658
ISBN13:9780823254651
Release Date:November 2013
Publisher:Fordham University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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