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The Fullness of the Logos in the Key of Life

Book II. Christo-Logos: Metaphysical Rhapsodies of Faith (Itinerarium mentis in deo)

  • Offers the fruits of life-long meditation; a philosophical witness detailing a spiritual journey in contemporary culture
  • Explains how the rhapsodic mode mediates all spheres of reality, from incarnation to the transnatural destiny of the soul, elevating them into a sacral meditation

Part of the book series: Analecta Husserliana (ANHU, volume 111)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
    Pages 1-9
  3. Pro-Logos

    • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
    Pages 11-16
  4. Pars I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-19
    2. A Period of Preparation for Faith

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 21-27
  5. Pars II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-31
    2. Glimmerings

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 33-37
  6. Pars III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
    2. The Window upon the Absolute

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 41-52
  7. Pars IV

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Opening the Window to the Absolute

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 55-59
  8. Pars V

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. Retracing our Steps to the Cave, Illuminating IT

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 63-69
  9. Pars VI

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
    2. In the Pursuit of Truth

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
      Pages 73-80
  10. Pars VII

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-84
  11. Pars IX

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

About this book

This highly personal account of a lifetime’s spiritual and philosophical enquiry charts the author’s journey of faith through contemporary culture. Distinguishing between what she posits as the ‘universal’ and the ‘rhapsodic’ logos, Tymieniecka interrogates concepts as varied as creativity and the media, joy and suffering, and truth and ambiguity. She contemplates the possibilities and limits of communication between human beings, and outlines what she calls the ‘transnatural destiny’ of the human soul.

 The book asserts that unlike theory, which unfolds a logical continuity, and unlike dialogue, which is directed sequentially upward toward intellectual conclusions, the mode of reflection of the ‘rhapsodic logos’ imposes no limits or caps upon its understanding. Instead, the ‘logoic’ flow interlaces the rhapsodic cadences of our reflections on reality, in all their innumerable fluctuations, and sifts them to mold the intimate mind/soul inwardness that we experience as faith.

 The radiative meditations of this ‘rhapsodic logos’ weave their way through the entanglements of the mystery of incarnation, the constitutive archetypes, the inwardly sacred, the transnatural destiny of the soul, and finally ascend the  rhapsodic scales toward culminating faith in the Christo-Logos.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hanover, NH, USA

    Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Fullness of the Logos in the Key of Life

  • Book Subtitle: Book II. Christo-Logos: Metaphysical Rhapsodies of Faith (Itinerarium mentis in deo)

  • Authors: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

  • Series Title: Analecta Husserliana

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2257-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2256-9Published: 21 September 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3772-3Published: 27 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2257-6Published: 20 September 2011

  • Series ISSN: 0167-7276

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8330

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 200

  • Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Classical Philosophy, Metaphysics, Phenomenology

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Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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