Shaftesbury: enthousiasme et experience religieuse
Author(s)
Date issued
May 31, 2002
In
In Les Normes de la croyance religieuse s. la dir. de R. Pouivet & B. Gnassounou, Revue de théologie et de philosophie
Vol
2-3
No
vol 134
From page
217
To page
234
Subjects
Enthusiasm. God. Religion. Religious experience. Voluntarism.
Abstract
This is a study of the religious dimension of enthusiasm in Shaftesbury. After distinguishing between a negative and a positive sense of the term, one should distinguish between two positive forms of enthusiasm. The first is based on a religious experience of God, the second concerns the religious experience of the world. We study the relationships between the two, as well as between these two and aesthetic experience, drawing out the underlying connection between aesthetic experience and religion in the philosophy of Shaftesbury.
Publication type
journal article