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Boneventure's Journey of the mind to god. Explains his theory of how to acsend to the level of god. critisizing as it goes.

Date Submitted: 08/21/2004 05:49:50
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 3 pages (777 words)
The Journey of the Mind? The process of ascending to God is one that I always thought to only come at death. The Journey of the Mind to God is Bonaventure's theory of how to understand and know God. St. Bonaventure breaks down what we (as humans) are very similar to how the bible portrays God. In fact, Bonaventure breaks down many things in life the way the bible does . Although Bonaventure does indeed doubt …
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…from Bonaventure's writings. However, I am very much intrigued by the way Bonaventure spoke of the senses and the interpretation of reality. Although Bonaventure is considered a saint and a philosopher, I honestly do think that his life was wasted questioning the wrong things. I apologize for the criticism, but if I failed to mention anything it would bother me for months. (Sorry if this reminds you of Holden Caulfield, It was not done intentionally.)
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