Desire and the Desirable:

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" Desire and the Desirable: "
Fred Dallmayr

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081346
Doc. No	:	LA124975
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852908X271178‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Fred Dallmayr
Title & Author	:	Desire and the Desirable: [Article] : Nicholas de Cusas Interfaith Imagination\ Fred Dallmayr
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2008
Volume/ Issue Number	:	12/1
Page No	:	420–433
Abstract	:	"Modern psychology and psychoanalysis tell us about the importance of desire. But what is the meaning of desire? Can it account for itself? An older tradition reminds us of the distinction between desire and what is "desirable." In some philosophical perspectives, desire and the desirable are sharply separated, leading to the dichotomies between "is and ought" or "inclination and duty." However, can something be truly desirable if it is not also somehow desired? Some philosophers have tried to build a linkage; Aristotle famously connected "orexis" and "arete." This paper turns to Nicolaus of Cusa who delineated a path of existential transformation and pedagogy: the search for truth and goodness animated by love. Two aspects are singled out: his emphasis on concrete experiential learning; and his concern with interfaith imagination as a pathway to peace."
Descriptor	:	Art History
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	CONCILIAR MOVEMENT
Descriptor	:	DESIRE
Descriptor	:	FORETASTE
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History
Descriptor	:	INTERPRETATION
Descriptor	:	NOT-OTHER
Descriptor	:	RELATIONISM
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852908X271178‬