- Tytuł:
- Separation, Loss, Confinement, and Change: How Evagrius Can Speak to the Experience of Lockdown
- Autorzy:
- Tobon, Monica
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2158084.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2022-06-15
- Wydawca:
- Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
- Tematy:
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Evagrius
separation
loss
confinement
apatheia
lockdown
freedom
logismoi
Plato
Epictetus
change
ascetism
spiritual growth
transformation
nous
old self
new self
pathos
pathe
Frankl - Opis:
- Separation, loss, confinement, and change have been imposed on entire populations during the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of lockdowns aimed at limiting the spread of the virus. They are also central to Evagrian asceticism, where they establish the conditions for the change at which the monastic life aims, namely to begin to reverse the effects of the fall by restoring the soul to health. This paper examines how they do so in order to gain an understanding of their ascetic function. Following the Introduction, it outlines Evagrius’ anthropology in order to lay the groundwork for its main theme, the healing of pathos through the practical life. Separation, loss, and confinement are each considered in turn by referencing Evagrius’ descriptions of their ascetic function and his own experience of them. Next, the change at which they aim is described, again drawing upon a range of Evagrian material. The final section of the paper considers how Evagrius can speak to the experience of lockdown by endowing separation, loss, confinement with meaning and purpose in relation to spiritual awakening and growth, highlighting our freedom to choose our attitude to them, and acting as both our guide and our companion.
- Źródło:
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Vox Patrum; 2022, 82; 89-112
0860-9411
2719-3586 - Pojawia się w:
- Vox Patrum
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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