The article examines the philosophical basis of the development of man’s lifelike representation during the 13th century while focusing on Thomas Aquinas’ concept of the « image of man », imago Dei. Aquinas undertakes indeed a profound restructuring of the traditional definition of the imago Dei. By doing so he emphasizes the soul/body relationship in the human being and singles out as profoundly important the soul’s possibility to exercise influence on the body. The article cites passages of Aquinas’ writings to demonstrate the philosopher’s thinking. It also refers to contemporary practices in rituals and hagiographic believes to show the relevance of these ideas outside the strictly philosophical and theoretical sphere. Adopting a new no...
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The Lyotardian concept of "postmodernity" refers to the current crisis, namely a crisis of the "meta...
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Pour la plus grande partie du XXe siècle, du protoformalisme jusqu’au poststructuralisme, les tendan...
The description of the cities and landscapes that constitute our environment has seen many registers...
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What analogies and symbols are used to graphically represent the immaterial soul? What devices are u...
In the Ovide moralisé of the fourteenth century, as in the Metamorphoses of Ovid, which the work aim...
Studying the works of De Quincey necessarily leads to three concepts almost impossible to define: au...
The purpose of this study is to briefly outline the historical evolution of the ingenium in the prem...
International audienceIf the Phaedo and its definition of death as unbinding the body and the soul (...
Interest in life stories of ordinary people is becoming more and more widespread since the XIX centu...
What kinds of “selves” are ascetics who seek to purify the “self” of its partial interests? Through ...
The Lyotardian concept of "postmodernity" refers to the current crisis, namely a crisis of the "meta...
To what extent can a philosophical anthropology be developed from Henry's ontology? The concept of h...
Since the end of the last century, we’ve noticed in our western society an uneasiness regardin...
Firstly, this paper tackles the way in which – within the Christian context – the body qua body, as ...
From the origins of history to the commonplaces it has become today, the myth of the Golden Age take...
Pour la plus grande partie du XXe siècle, du protoformalisme jusqu’au poststructuralisme, les tendan...
The description of the cities and landscapes that constitute our environment has seen many registers...
During the Middle Ages, images had to be tied to the truth. Otherwise, they were considered idols. A...
What analogies and symbols are used to graphically represent the immaterial soul? What devices are u...
In the Ovide moralisé of the fourteenth century, as in the Metamorphoses of Ovid, which the work aim...
Studying the works of De Quincey necessarily leads to three concepts almost impossible to define: au...
The purpose of this study is to briefly outline the historical evolution of the ingenium in the prem...
International audienceIf the Phaedo and its definition of death as unbinding the body and the soul (...
Interest in life stories of ordinary people is becoming more and more widespread since the XIX centu...