Light of Grace - Oncho no Hikari

…This theory of epistemology became the Franciscans' theory of the Middle Ages, and had a great influence on mysticism and optics. On the other hand, the idea of ​​cognition being based on the spontaneous work of reason, which is abstraction from the senses, had existed since Aristotle, and the theory of illumination declined after the 13th century. However, even in the early modern period, there were also those who, like Malebranche, believed that the illumination of the "natural light" (lumen naturale) instead of the "light of grace" (lumen gratiae) was the cause of rational cognition. Neoplatonism Light [Izumi Harunori]. …

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…この認識論は中世のフランシスコ会のものとなり，さらに神秘主義や光学にも大きな影響を与えたが，他方，認識を感覚からの抽象という理性の自発的な働きに基礎づけるアリストテレス以来の考え方があって，照明説は13世紀以後衰退した。しかし近世に入ってもマールブランシュのように，〈恩寵の光lumen gratiae〉に代わる〈自然の光lumen naturale〉の照明をもって理性認識の原因とみなす機会原因論もあった。新プラトン主義光【泉 治典】。…

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