Mystical languages of unsaying
This work examines apophatic discourse, which embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its own propositions and names. With reference to Greek, Christian and Islamic texts, Sells offers a critical account of how apophatic language works.
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316 p. ; 24 cm.
9780226747866, 9780226747873, 0226747867, 0226747875
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Acknowledgments Note to the Reader Introduction/Unsaying 1: Awakening without Awakener: Apophasis in Plotinus 2: The Nothingness of God in John the Scot Eriugena 3: Ibn Arabi's Polished Mirror: Identity Shift and Meaning Event 4: Ibn Arabi's Garden among the Flames: The Heart Receptive of Every Form 5: Apophasis of Desire and the Burning of Marguerite Porete 6: Meister Eckhart: Birth and Self-Birth 7: Porete and Eckhart: The Apophasis of Gender Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography