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Work #489 · Mid

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

St. Bonaventure (Giovanni di Fidanza)
1259 · Latin
Mystical-philosophical treatise · Franciscan scholasticism

Bonaventure's 1259 foundational Franciscan mystical-philosophical synthesis — six-stage ascent of the soul to God

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Attribute Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God) (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Tradition
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

The temporal-mystical time of the six-stage ascent.

Space

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

The hierarchical cosmos as vestigia of God.

Matter

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

Matter as bearing divine traces.

Observer

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

The ascending mystic-philosopher.

Energy

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

Energies of mystical ascent.

Information

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

Six-stage mystical-ascent framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Itinerarium Mentis in Deum (The Mind's Road to God)

Bonaventure's Augustinian-mystical Franciscanism in continuing dialogue with Thomistic Dominican rationalism.