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  1. Infinity, faith and time
    Christian humanism and Renaissance literature
    Published: c1997
    Publisher:  McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal [Que.]

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0773516611; 0773566813; 9780773516618; 9780773566811
    Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion
    Subjects: Littérature européenne / 1450-1600 (Renaissance) / Histoire et critique; Humanisme dans la littérature; Infini dans la littérature; Temps dans la littérature; Christianisme et littérature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General; Religiao; Filosofia do renascimento; Literatura; Christianity and literature; European literature / Renaissance; Humanism in literature; Infinite in literature; Time in literature; European literature; Infinite in literature; Time in literature; Christianity and literature; Humanism in literature; Literatur; Christentum; Humanismus
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 200 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-193) and index

    "Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition had a formative role in the thought of Renaissance writers by enabling them to assimilate into their worldview two central discoveries of the Renaissance - that the universe is possibly infinite and that human existence is bound and regulated by the passage of time."--Jacket

  2. Infinity, Faith, and Time
    Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature
    Author: Hill, J.
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal

    Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition... more

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    Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition had a formative role in the thought of Renaissance writers by enabling them to assimilate into their world view two central discoveries of the Renaissance - that the universe is infinite and that human existence is bound and regulated by the passage of time. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE -- 1 Fides Quærens Intellectum -- 2 The Aristotelian Cosmos -- 3 Nicholas of Cusa and the New Astronomy -- 4 Rational Spirituality and Empirical Rationalism -- 5 Chorismos and Methexis: Pascal, Traherne, Milton -- PART TWO: TIME -- 6 Chronos and Kairos -- 7 Inner Time: Augustine and Bergson -- 8 Time, Literature, and Literary Criticism -- 9 Time in Shakespeare -- 10 Heilsgeschischte: Typology and the Helix of History -- Appendix One: Notes Toward a Protestant Poetic -- Appendix Two: Translations from Pascal's Pensées -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780773516618
    Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
    Subjects: European literature ; Renaissance, 1450-1600 ; History and criticism; Humanism in literature; Infinite in literature; Time in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (215 p)
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    ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""PART ONE: THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE""; ""1 Fides QuÃ?rens Intellectum""; ""2 The Aristotelian Cosmos""; ""3 Nicholas of Cusa and the New Astronomy""; ""4 Rational Spirituality and Empirical Rationalism""; ""5 Chorismos and Methexis: Pascal, Traherne, Milton""; ""PART TWO: TIME""; ""6 Chronos and Kairos""; ""7 Inner Time: Augustine and Bergson""; ""8 Time, Literature, and Literary Criticism""; ""9 Time in Shakespeare""; ""10 Heilsgeschischte: Typology and the Helix of History""; ""Appendix One: Notes Toward a Protestant Poetic""

    ""Appendix Two: Translations from Pascal's Pensées""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

  3. Infinity, Faith, and Time
    Christian Humanism and Renaissance Literature
    Author: Hill, J.
    Published: 2014
    Publisher:  McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal

    Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition... more

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    Infinity, Faith, and Time is an exploration of Renaissance literature and the importance of a powerful tradition of Christian-Platonist rational spirituality derived from St Augustine and Nicholas of Cusa. John Spencer Hill argues that this tradition had a formative role in the thought of Renaissance writers by enabling them to assimilate into their world view two central discoveries of the Renaissance - that the universe is infinite and that human existence is bound and regulated by the passage of time. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE -- 1 Fides Quærens Intellectum -- 2 The Aristotelian Cosmos -- 3 Nicholas of Cusa and the New Astronomy -- 4 Rational Spirituality and Empirical Rationalism -- 5 Chorismos and Methexis: Pascal, Traherne, Milton -- PART TWO: TIME -- 6 Chronos and Kairos -- 7 Inner Time: Augustine and Bergson -- 8 Time, Literature, and Literary Criticism -- 9 Time in Shakespeare -- 10 Heilsgeschischte: Typology and the Helix of History -- Appendix One: Notes Toward a Protestant Poetic -- Appendix Two: Translations from Pascal's Pensées -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780773516618
    Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
    Subjects: European literature ; Renaissance, 1450-1600 ; History and criticism; Humanism in literature; Infinite in literature; Time in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (215 p)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""PART ONE: THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE""; ""1 Fides QuÃ?rens Intellectum""; ""2 The Aristotelian Cosmos""; ""3 Nicholas of Cusa and the New Astronomy""; ""4 Rational Spirituality and Empirical Rationalism""; ""5 Chorismos and Methexis: Pascal, Traherne, Milton""; ""PART TWO: TIME""; ""6 Chronos and Kairos""; ""7 Inner Time: Augustine and Bergson""; ""8 Time, Literature, and Literary Criticism""; ""9 Time in Shakespeare""; ""10 Heilsgeschischte: Typology and the Helix of History""; ""Appendix One: Notes Toward a Protestant Poetic""

    ""Appendix Two: Translations from Pascal's Pensées""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""