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The book is divided into two parts: Part one discusses the degrees of knowledge for science and philosophy – or ‘rational knowledge,’ and part two discusses the degrees of knowledge for religious faith and mysticism – or ‘super-rational knowledge.’
the complex riches of knowledge and the mind, must distinguish in order to unite. And it is exactly towards such a discernment of the vari ous degrees of knowledge, their organisation and internal differentia tion, that reflective and critical philosophy is primarily directed. Idealist philosophers usually choose some particular class of ...
The degrees of knowledge by Jacques Maritain. Publication date 1937-01-01 Publisher G. Bles, The Centenary press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled
Sought via mystical contemplation: a direct experience of God as he is, it is granted as a gift by the Holy Spirit. A knowledge by “connaturality,” it experiences by suffering and love what cannot be verbally conceptualized. Theological wisdom. “the science of revealed mysteries”.
Rightly called Maritain's cardinal work, The Degrees of Knowledge is a magnificent and sagacious achievement. Jacques Maritain's masterpiece proposes a hierarchy of forms of knowledge that culminate in mystical experience and wisdom, which is a gift of the Holy Ghost.
Degrees of Knowledge. Maritain argues that there are different ‘kinds’ and ‘orders’ of knowledge and, within them, different ‘degrees’ determined by the nature of the ...
In this new translation of _The Degrees of Knowledge_, Ralph McInerny attempts a more careful expression of Maritain's original masterpiece than previous translations. Maritain proposes a hierarchy of the forms of knowledge by discussing the degrees of rational and suprarational understanding.
