What is mystical is not how the world is but that it is . . . ' (Ludwig Wittgenstein) The Spanish Carmelite reformer, Teresa of Avila and the Austrian professor of logic, Ludwig Wittgenstein do not at first sight seem to be the most obvious of bed fellows. Yet, in this strikingly original work, Dr P
Return to the Mystical: Ludwig Wittgenstein, Teresa of Avila and the Christian Mystical Tradition
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- Publisher
- Continuum
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 296
- Category
- Library
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