A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete

Eylem Canaslan

doi:10.46655/federgi.946998

A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete

Abstract

The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls and Those Who Only Remain in Will and Desire of Love is regarded as one of the most enigmatic and influential manuscripts in the history of medieval Christian mysticism. Its author was not known until the mid-twentieth century. In 1946, Romana Guarnieri identified Marguerite Porete, condemned and burned at the stake for “relapsed heresy” in Paris in 1310, as the author of this book. This paper aims to introduce Marguerite Porete, who is one of the most interesting forgotten women thinkers in the history of ideas. It will present the major sequences of her life, recount the rediscovery of The Mirror of Simple Souls by Guarnieri, and focus on its literary structure and certain philosophical themes it contains or implies. These selected themes are as follows: the subversion of the distinction between the learned and the ignorant, the opposition between Reason and Love, a naturalism beyond ascetism, a call for the constitution of a new subjectivity “beyond good and evil” and a concept of annihilation that denies the existence of free will.

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References

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Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Women's Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Eylem Canaslan ^* This is me
0000-0001-6121-8781
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 10, 2021

Submission Date

January 18, 2021

Acceptance Date

May 5, 2021

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Year 2021 Volume: 13 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.46655/federgi.946998

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https://izlik.org/JA88BN83YJ

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APA

Canaslan, E. (2021). A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete. Fe Dergi, 13(1), 155-164. https://doi.org/10.46655/federgi.946998

AMA

1.Canaslan E. A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete. Fe Dergi. 2021;13(1):155-164. doi:10.46655/federgi.946998

Chicago

Canaslan, Eylem. 2021. “A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete”. Fe Dergi 13 (1): 155-64. https://doi.org/10.46655/federgi.946998.

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Canaslan E (June 1, 2021) A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete. Fe Dergi 13 1 155–164.

IEEE

[1]E. Canaslan, “A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete”, Fe Dergi, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 155–164, June 2021, doi: 10.46655/federgi.946998.

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Canaslan, Eylem. “A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete”. Fe Dergi 13/1 (June 1, 2021): 155-164. https://doi.org/10.46655/federgi.946998.

JAMA

1.Canaslan E. A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete. Fe Dergi. 2021;13:155–164.

MLA

Canaslan, Eylem. “A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete”. Fe Dergi, vol. 13, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 155-64, doi:10.46655/federgi.946998.

Vancouver

1.Eylem Canaslan. A Forgotten Figure of Philosophical Theology: Marguerite Porete. Fe Dergi. 2021 Jun. 1;13(1):155-64. doi:10.46655/federgi.946998

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