Mysticism and Reason

Authors

  • Mauricio Beuchot Universidad Nacional de México

Keywords:

Reason, Mysticism, Analogy, Hermeneutics, Analogical Hermeneutics

Abstract

In this article I intend to connect mysticism and reason, showing that there is a reason of mysticism. It is an analogical logos, an ana-logos, because analogy is the resource used by mystics in order to know and express the mystery. As it is required a comprehension and an explanation, hermeneutics is employed, for interpreting the mystic experience and mystics’ language. But it must be an analogical hermeneutics, in order to befit the conceptualizing instrument used: metaphors, parables and other cognoscitive and expressive resources provided by the rich notion of analogy. 

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Published

08/30/2019

How to Cite

Beuchot, M. (2019). Mysticism and Reason. Teología, 49(109), 51–63. Retrieved from https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/TEO/article/view/1922