دانلود کتاب Pursuing Eudaimonia: Re-appropriating the Greek Philosophical Foundations of the Christian Apophatic Tradition

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[b]Table of contents[/b] Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter outline Methodology: Lectio divina [b][i]Human development today: Why think differently?[/i][/b] Rationale and Christian context The Greek vision of eudaimonia Voices of challenge (by discipline) The philosophical foundations of the Enlghtenment legacy The constructive (post)modern context: other solutions to the problematic [b][i]The philosophical pursuit of the fullest human fl ourishing in classical thought[/i][/b] Readings of the Platonic coprus and later Platonic philosophy Mapping lectio divina The experience of aporia as precursor of negative theology: the Socratic pursuit of Wisdom as a spiritual way of life Erotic desire for ultimate beauty characterised by aporia The genealogy of Eros The veracity of the Socratic claim of ignorance [b][i]Pursuing eudaimonia: Retrieving the Greek philosophical foundations of the Christian apophatic tradition[/i][/b] Mapping lectio divina The genesis of the apophatic tradition: the rise to power of Logos Parmenides’ idea of one reality: the emerging philosophical foundations of the apophatic tradition Two signs intersecting with Plato’s contemplative ideal foreshadowing the development of the apophatic tradition The inspiratio of Apollo’s theia mania Parmenides’ poetic account of the goddess Night’s revelation of two ways of inquiry Plato’s contemplative priority: establishing the philosophical foundations of the Graeco-Christian apophatic tradition Heightening of religious sensibilities and doubts about Logos: Middle Platonism and the fi rst exponents of negative theology The apophatic ‘genuine article’ of Neoplatonism [b][i]The Graeco-Christian apophatic tradition[/i][/b] Mapping lectio divina The emergence of the via negativa Philo: marrying Plato with Jewish Biblical faith Clement of Alexandria, the fi rst Christian theologian to develop negative theology Gregory of Nyssa, the theologian of darkness and of the soul’s perpetual progress The ecstasy of self-transcending deifying union: the summit of Pseudo-Dionysius’Mystical Theology Conclusion Affirming my concluding hypothesis: Wittgenstein seeks recourse to ‘negative’ thinking Ancient Greek philosophy timeline Notes Bibliography Index