[lit-ideas] Re: Kataphatic, Negative and Apophatic Theology

  • From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 09:05:35 -0400

Julie Krueger wrote:

Here, Phil, re. intuition and whether if you intuit, it can mean
anything at all.

'Man only escapes from the laws of this world in lightning flashes.
Instants when everything stands still, instants of contemplation, of
pure intuitioin, of mental void, of acceptance of the moral void.  It is
through  such instants that he is capable of the supernatural.' (Simone
Weil)

I am not sure about the talk of escaping "the laws of this world" nor of
"pure intuition".  It seems to me that intuition is grounded in a
particular event such that the 'lightning flash' is a recognition of
connections or relations already present.  Instead of escaping the laws
of this world, I would suggest that intuition is, borrowing from
Heidegger, an openness or hearkening to the world.


Sincerely,

Phil Enns
Toronto, ON

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