Genius and Analogy in Young’s Conjectures and the Theology of Night Thoughts

Created in God's Image (Gen. 1 :27), fallen but redeemed by God Incarnate, humans "are analogues of God merely by force of existing" (Gilson, Spirit 142). [...] the Conjectures states, "as the moral world expects its glorious millennium" by the "marvelous light" of...

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Published in:Renascence 2012-12, Vol.64 (2), p.143-160
Main Author: Odell, D.W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Analogy
Christian theology
Criticism and interpretation
Holy Spirit
Religion
Secularism
Spirituality
Theology
Traditions
Young, Edward (English poet)
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Summary:Created in God's Image (Gen. 1 :27), fallen but redeemed by God Incarnate, humans "are analogues of God merely by force of existing" (Gilson, Spirit 142). [...] the Conjectures states, "as the moral world expects its glorious millennium" by the "marvelous light" of "revelation," so "the world intellectual may hope, by the rules of analogy, for some superior degrees of excellence to crown her later scenes; nor may it only hope, but must enjoy them too," for "genius has ever been supposed to partake of something divine" (32, 13).
ISSN:0034-4346
2329-8626
DOI:10.5840/renascence201264243