"Intensio" de la charité et géométrie de l'infini chez Guillaume d'Auxerre
The influence of mathematics on medieval theology seems to be found first, and most importantly, in England, particularly among fourteenth-century scholars. However, there is an earlier example in the theologian William of Auxerre, who also sought mathematical support for the discussions of the idea...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | French |
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Colin
2008
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Revue de l'histoire des religions
Year: 2008, Volume: 225, Issue: 3, Pages: 347-391 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Guilelmus, Altissiodorensis 1145-1231
/ Love
/ Infinity
/ Concept of
/ Geometry
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| RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | The influence of mathematics on medieval theology seems to be found first, and most importantly, in England, particularly among fourteenth-century scholars. However, there is an earlier example in the theologian William of Auxerre, who also sought mathematical support for the discussions of the idea of Infinity. His influence can be seen in a recently-discovered manuscript by an anonymous inspired by William's example. William develops a geometrical reasoning relying upon the disproportion between the acute angle and the right angle which suggests the incommensurabilty (improportionalitas) of Charity. This concept allows a further step which rejects Peter the Lombard's theory identifying Charity with the presence of God in the human soul. |
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| ISSN: | 0765-6521 |
| Contains: | In: Revue de l'histoire des religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4000/rhr.6853 |