Bonaventure
A figure from the books
#Bonaventure
Bonaventure · c. 1221–1274
In the books · 1 chapter
Who this is
“While his friend and rival Aquinas built a cathedral of reason on Aristotle, Bonaventure built the other cathedral — one where the heart holds the master key — and ran a global religious order while he did it.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“The whole universe is a ladder into God — every creature a footprint, every mind a mirror — and at the top of the climb, love goes where the intellect cannot.”
From the book
- The Great PhilosophersBonaventure is Chapter 98 of Vol 3, The Medieval Synthesis to the Renaissance.
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