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In
1277 a committee headed by Stephen Tempier, the bishop of Paris, issued
the famed Condemnations of 1277. Several propositions were aimed
directly at astrological beliefs. Yet by the end of the fifteenth
century, astrology was an accepted part of the intellectual landscape of
Europe. This study argues that the thirteenth century saw tremendous
controversy over the acceptance of astrology, but Albert the Great’s
writings set the terms for the debate in the following centuries.
Albert’s understanding of astrological forecasting and celestial
influence played a key role in astrology’s...
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In: Correspondences 3 (2015), 55-91.
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In
this contribution, it is argued that the concept of 'imagination'
should be restored to the status of ac rucial keyt ermi nt he studyo fr
eligion. More specifically, attention is focused here on the importance
of the historical imagination as an object of research (as distinct from
its importance as af actor in research) and its relation to strict
historicity.T he dynamics of the historical imagination can be analyzedi
nt erms of ad ouble polarity:f actualityv ersus non-factuality and
poeticity versus non-poeticity.H istorical narrativesw ith a highd egree
of poeticity tend to be...
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Le
« siècle de saint Augustin », selon la formule devenue rituelle pour
désigner l’âge classique, est surtout « un siècle à la recherche du vrai
saint Augustin. ». La référence à l’évêque d’Hippone semble incontestée
à l’époque d’Arnauld, de Bossuet, de Fénelon…, mais on ne s’entend
guère sur sa signification. Est-il possible de définir des « critères »
d’augustinisme ? À quoi se reconnaît l’empreinte augustinienne, dans la
pensée et l’écriture des contemporains de Pascal ?
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