Physics as Spiritual Exercise: T.S. Eliot and Natural Contemplation
This essay reads T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets as a dramatization of the Christian spiritual practice of natural contemplation, which aims at an understanding of the created world in its cycles of generation and decay in order to lead the soul to union with God. This focus allows for a better acc...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2020]
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Christianity & literature
Anno: 2020, Volume: 69, Fascicolo: 4, Pagine: 568-586 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | CB Esistenza cristiana CD Cristianesimo; cultura KAJ Età contemporanea |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Four Quartets
B Spiritual Exercise B theoria physike B T. S. Eliot B contemplation of nature |
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| Riepilogo: | This essay reads T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets as a dramatization of the Christian spiritual practice of natural contemplation, which aims at an understanding of the created world in its cycles of generation and decay in order to lead the soul to union with God. This focus allows for a better account of the poem's relationship to the natural world, grounding it in the ascetical and mystical traditions of Eliot's faith. This contemplative structure undergirding the Quartets makes the reading itself a spiritual exercise, leading to the discernment of life and beauty amidst a universe of death. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0067 |