The extremities of time exceed our memory and expectation. For philosophy, beginning with Plato, the truth of being is immemorable and cannot be rediscovered except in passing through forgetfulness. How are we to understand this first forgetting? Modern analyses live from a denial of loss: everything would be unforgettable, and is always preserved in memory.
For Christian thought, to hope against all hope and to remember the origin are two essential acts of faith. Memory must die in order to be reborn, in order to purify itself of all nostalgia and become memory of the promise. Augustine and John of the Cross, after Philo the Jew, teach us what contemporary thought has begun to rediscover: only the Other is unforgettable, for it alone is unhoped for.
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The extremities of time exceed our memory and expectation. For philosophy, beginning with Plato, the truth of being is immemorable and cannot be rediscovered except in passing through forgetfulness. How are we to understand this first forgetting? Modern analyses live from a denial of loss: everything would be unforgettable, and is always preserved in memory.
For Christian thought, to hope against all hope and to remember the origin are two essential acts of faith. Memory must die in order to be reborn, in order to purify itself of all nostalgia and become memory of the promise. Augustine and John of the Cross, after Philo the Jew, teach us what contemporary thought has begun to rediscover: only the Other is unforgettable, for it alone is unhoped for.
Imprint | Fordham University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Perspectives in Continental Philosophy |
Release date | August 2002 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | August 2002 |
Authors | Jean-Louis Chretien |
Translators | Jeffrey Bloechl |
Dimensions | 216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 135 |
Edition | 1st ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8232-2193-6 |
Barcode | 9780823221936 |
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LSN | 0-8232-2193-8 |