| Locutio Angelica: Die Diskussion Der Engelsprache ALS Antizipation Einer Sprechakttheorie in Mittelalter Und Früher Neuzeit Contributor(s): Roling (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004165533 ISBN-13: 9789004165533 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $281.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Language: German Published: January 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Christian Theology - Angelology & Demonology |
| Dewey: 202 |
| Series: Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mittelalters (Brill) |
| Physical Information: 1.77" H x 6.54" W x 9.61" (3.02 lbs) 754 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: The question of how pure spiritual beings like angels communicate had already been discussed by the Church Fathers. How could an angelic speech-act take place, if it does not follow the laws of ordinary language? The scholastic philosophers conducted an extensive and rather controversial debate about the language of angels ('locutio angelica'), which covered pragmatics, aspects of the 'Language of Mind' and the theory of truth and meaning. This debate was already very complex in the Middle Ages, but in Jesuit circles (and in Baroque Scholasticism more generally), discussions of angelic communication became a leading field of interest in the philosophy of language influencing such eminent thinkers as Leibniz. This study reconstructs the 1500 years of controversy on the language of angels as a striking example of the longue dur e of European intellectual history. |