Le contemplateur Guillaume de Saint-Thierry et ses sources
Abstract
The Contemplator Guillaume de Saint-Thierry and His Sources
The Western 12th century is considered by some scholars to be "the golden age of contemplation" (Jean-Marie Déchanet). William, Abbot of Saint-Thierry (†1148), fits this description perfectly, being a contemplative par excellence. Drawing mainly from his writing De contemplando Deo, the present paper will attempt to identify the specific elements of his teaching and the sources that may have influenced William in the unspeakable register of contemplation (θεωρία).
Keywords: theoria, contemplatio, Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, Eriugena, Guillaume de Saint-Thierry, Monastic Tradition
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