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The Saint and the GeniusDOI: 10.4236/oalib.1103305, PP. 1-12 Subject Areas: Philosophy Keywords: Genius, Saint, Eternity, Purification, Spiritual Participation Abstract
The main purpose of our
study is to underline the manifestations of the two mentioned existential
realities, embodied in the “saint” and the “genius”. We used the method of
comparison to make a parallel between the path to perfection, the sanctity, and
the one of the genius, namely the creative capacity of sense and value in human
nature. Therefore, according to this comparison, we structured our research
into three distinct and complementary parts. The first refers to the saint who
takes the path of spiritual life, abandon of profane human world and the self
and ascension towards God. He accomplishes the way of the calling to
perfection, where nature in collaboration with the divine grace delivers itself
in the sense given to it in the creation, namely in the full actualization of
the image. The second part refers to the path taken by the genius, who comprises
the metamorphosis of meanings that are able to give creative coherence to the
human nature. The essence of our research is comprised in the comparison of the
two (the third part): The experience of holiness and the experience of genius
are two realities whose way of manifestation has to do with the given of the
human condition.
Stefan, F. (2017). The Saint and the Genius. Open Access Library Journal, 4, e3305. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1103305. References
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