{"product_id":"bonaventures-aesthetics-9781498597654","title":"Bonaventures Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors of the standard approach to Bonaventure's aesthetics established the broad themes that continue to inform the current interpretation of his philosophy, theology, and mysticism of beauty: his definition of beauty and its status as a transcendental of being, his description of the aesthetic experience, and the role of that experience in the soul's ascent into God. Nevertheless, they also introduced a series of pointed questions that remain without adequate resolution in the current literature. Thomas J. McKenna's book, Bonaventure's Aesthetics: The Delight of the Soul in Its Ascent into God, provides a comprehensive analysis of Bonaventure's aesthetics, the first to appear since Balthasar's Herrlichkeit, and, in doing so, argues for a resolution to these questions in the context of his principal aesthetic text, the Itinerarium mentis in Deum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Note on the Cover Illustration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Disputed Questions on Bonaventure’s Aesthetics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Bonaventure’s Debt to l’Esthétique Musicale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Bonaventure’s Debt to l’Esthétique de la Lumière\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Bonaventure’s Account of the Aesthetic Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. The Aesthetic Dimensions of the Itinerarium Mentis in Deum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040874791255,"sku":"9781498597654","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498597654.jpg?v=1750948143","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bonaventures-aesthetics-9781498597654","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}