SYNOPSIS
Topic : RECOVERING BEAUTY IN THE SUBJECT: BALTHASAR AND LONERGAN CONFRONT
KIERKEGAARD
Presenter: John D. Dadosky, S.T.D., Ph.D.
:Date and Time: October 15, 2010, at 7:15 pm,
Venue: Combination Room, Trinity College, University of Toronto
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Abstract:
This paper takes Balthasar’s critique of Kierkegaard’s aesthetics as a
context for recovering the notion of beauty within the subject. Balthasar believed
that Kierkegaard contributed to the loss of beauty by separating the aesthetic from
the ethical and religious spheres. By viewing the spheres in terms of differentiations
of consciousness, Lonergan’s theory of consciousness offers an interpretation of
Kierkegaard’s stages in such a way that addresses Balthasar’s concern and retains
the Danish thinker’s significant achievements.
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