她们的声音:中世纪女性神秘主义者

被遗忘的声音 哲学史often讲—— 像all male story: Plato、Aristotle、Augustine、Aquinas、Ockham… 但中世纪有remarkable women thinkers—— 多数通过mysticism表达philosophical insights—— 因为其他intellectual paths对women关闭 Universities不admit women—— But mystical experience不需要official credentials—— 直接from上帝 今天我们hear她们的voices Hildegard of Bingen(1098-1179) “Sibyl of the Rhine” 生平 出生于noble family(德国) 8岁:送到Benedictine monastery—— 作为"tithe"(十一奉献,第10个孩子) 从小有visions—— 但keep secret多年 1141(43岁): 上帝命令她write down visions—— 开始public prophetic career 1150: 建立own convent at Rupertsberg(near Bingen) 成为abbess Correspond with: Popes Emperors(Frederick Barbarossa) Bernard of Clairvaux Other major figures Preaching tours(罕见for woman) 1179:去世,81岁(长寿for中世纪!) 著作与思想 1. Scivias(“Know the Ways”) ...

March 18, 2012 at 12:00 AM

神性的火花:埃克哈特大师的神秘主义

Beyond Scholasticism Meister Eckhart(约1260-1328) Dominican friar—— Trained in scholastic theology(like Aquinas)—— 但超越它—— Into mystical experience和paradoxical语言 他代表另一种medieval philosophy: 不是pure reason(scholastic)—— 而是direct experience of divine(mystical) 他的sermons和writings—— Profound、poetic、有时heretical—— Influence至今 生平 Academic career 出生于Thuringia(德国) Join Dominicans年轻时 Study和teach: Paris(获theology doctorate) Cologne Strasbourg 成为"Meister"(master)—— 既academic title也spiritual title Responsibilities: Professor Preacher(德语sermons,very popular) Prior of Dominican houses Provincial(管理Dominican province) Controversy 1326:被指控heresy—— By Archbishop of Cologne 某些propositions从他的sermons—— 被extract和condemned Eckhart appeal to Pope—— 1327:去世before final judgment 1329:教宗condemn 28 propositions—— 从Eckhart’s teachings ...

March 17, 2012 at 12:00 AM