Apophasis has become a major topic in the humanities, particularly
in philosophy, religion, and literature. This two-volume anthology
gathers together most of the important historical works on
apophaticism and illustrates the diverse trajectories of apophatic
discourse in ancient, modern, and postmodern times. William Franke
provides a major introductory essay on apophaticism at the
beginning of each volume, and shorter introductions to each
anthology selection. Franke is an excellent guide. In the
introductions to both volumes, he traces ways in which the
selections are linked by common concerns and conceptions,
rhetorical strategies, and spiritual or characteristic affinities.
The selections in both volumes explore, in one way or another, a
fundamental challenge: how can human beings talk about a God who
defies language, and more generally, how can they use their limited
language to express the unlimited, open nature of their existence
and relations to others? In the first volume, "Classic
Formulations", Franke offers excerpts from Plato, Plotinus,
Damascius, the Bible, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine,
Pseudo-Dionysius, Maimonides, Rumi, Thomas Aquinas, Marguerite
Porete, Dante, Teresa of Avila, and John of the Cross, among
others. The second volume, "Modern and Contemporary
Transformations" contains texts by Holderlin, Schelling,
Kierkegaard, Dickinson, Rilke, Kafka, Rosenzweig, Wittgenstein,
Heidegger, Weil, Schoenberg, Adorno, Beckett, Celan, Levinas,
Derrida, Marion, and more. Both volumes of "On What Cannot be Said"
underscore the significance of the apophatic tradition. Scholars
and students in all branches of the humanities will find these
volumes instructive and useful.
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