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March 27, 2017 | Aesthetics

By Bruno Forte,David Glenday,Paul McPartlan

A well-known Italian theologian's eloquent reflections on attractiveness and God. / "Beauty is an occasion: it occurs whilst the entire, the All, deals itself to us within the fragment, while the countless makes itself little." this is often how Bruno specialty describes the long-held Christian culture that sees God because the resource of all good looks. within the Portal of attractiveness specialty examines the deep, notwithstanding no longer constantly seen, contribution of theological thoughtfrom the minds of such luminaries as Augustine, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Balthasar, and Evdokimovto our realizing and adventure of attractiveness. / The Portal of attractiveness is an erudite, relocating, and deeply-felt research via the main well-known Italian theologian in Italy at the nature of attractiveness and the way it will probably lead us to a better knowing of and communion with the divine.

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