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Jesuit polymath of Madrid : the literary enterprise of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658) /
In Jesuit Polymath of Madrid D. Scott Hendrickson offers an account of the life and literary enterprise of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658), who drew from his formation in the Jesuit Order to engage the cultural currents of seventeenth-century Spain.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ;
volume 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Jesuit Polymath of Madrid: The Literary Enterprise of Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595-1658)
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1: Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
- Introduction
- The Jesuit
- Faithful Son of Saint Ignatius
- Christian Discernment
- The Ignatian Exercises: Seeking and Finding the Divine Will
- Discernment in Early Modern Spain
- Nieremberg and the Exercises
- Jesuit Ministry of the Word
- Erudite Eclecticism
- Conclusion
- 2: Catechetical Innovations
- Introduction
- Catechetical Context: Crying Tears of Blood
- Nieremberg and Trent
- The Voice of Doctrine
- The Catechetical Examples: Entertaining Digressions
- Narrative Appeal: The Open Roads of Spain
- Contemplating the Example: To Bring to Memory
- Assimilating the Example: The Story of One's Life
- The Wider Application of the Exemplo
- Conclusion
- 3: Contemplating the Book of Nature
- Introduction
- Nieremberg's Natural Philosophy
- The Miscellanies: Part Knowledge, Part Wonder
- Knowledge of the Natural World: Ad perfectam cognitionem
- Reading the Book of Nature: Harmony and Deformity
- Contemplating the Book of Nature: The Consideration
- Applying the Lessons of Nature: Deus me fecit
- Conclusion
- 4: The Spiritual Exercise of Reading
- Introduction
- The Eusebio
- Proper Knowledge
- Contemptus mundi
- Didactic Iconography: Ser and Parecer
- A Spiritual Itinerary
- Meditative Reading
- Conclusion
- 5: Public Maladies and Prudent Reform
- Introduction
- Words of Counsel
- The Pain of National Decline
- The Cause
- The Remedy
- Prudent Reform
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- 1: Bibliography of Works by Juan Eusebio Nieremberg
- 2: Excerpts of Cited Decrees from the Council of Trent
- Bibliography
- Index.