On Music, Order, and Memory: Investigating Augustine’s Descriptive Method in the Confessions

Augustine’s account in the Confessions Book IX of his ecstasy at Ostia remains unsurpassed in its poetic force, yet unusual, as a description of religious experience, in two particular respects. First of all, what he describes is not a "vision" of God, but an experience of listening . Seco...

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Main Author: Wiskus, Jessica 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2020
In: Open theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 274-287
Further subjects:B Measurement
B Happiness
B Number
B time-consciousness
B Anamnesis
B Memory
B Music
B De musica
B Rhythm
B God
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