The Ladder of Divine Ascent Essays

  • The Wittgenstein: The End Of The World

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    World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth or pertaining to anywhere on Earth. In a philosophical context it may refer to: # the whole of the physical Universe, or # an ontological world . In a theological context, world usually refers to the material or the profane sphere, as opposed to the celestial, spiritual, transcendent or sacred. The "end of the world" refers to scenarios

  • Love's Nature And Love: The Definition Of Love

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    At first, we will see the definition of love. As Plato says “one should first describe who love is and what his character is and describe its effects.” (201e96) We usually say god is love or love is god in our daily life and we will see how far our definition is right. According to Diotima Love is neither beautiful nor good. This is not to mean that love is ugly and bad but something in between. In our daily life’s we usually encounter people who are too beautiful and not so beautiful. But the people

  • The Raven as the Demon as Despair

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    things are there. [St. Macarios] (9) Notes Bibliography: Notes 1. Alexandrova, N., "Elder Nectary of Optina," The Orthodox Word, No. 129, 1986. 2. Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (New York, n.d.), p. 944. 3. The Ladder of Divine Ascent, tr. Archimandrite Lazarus (Moore) (London, 1959). 4. Complete Tales, p. 945. 5. C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed (New York, 1961). 6. H. Allen, Israfel: The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe (New York, 1934), p. 488. 7. Complete Tales, p