Classical temple of Athena / christian temple of Mary: revealed psychic realities

Authors

  • Luciano Coutinho Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n16.2016.09

Keywords:

Classical temple, Peristyle, Christian temple, Reality and non-reality

Abstract

In the first centuries of the Middle Age many classical temples dedicated to Athena were adapted and transformed into Christian temples dedicated to Mary. For this purpose, the peristyle of the classical temple is closed and the temple loses its openness to the external reality. The pagan temple adapted to Christianity essentially becomes a living space where the faithful practice their rituals inside the temple. The reality outside the temple is condemned to be a kind of non-reality, and it is only the internal reality, supported by Christian aesthetic, that is substantiated as the only possible reality for the purification of the faithful. In this aesthetic reality, the nursing of baby Jesus by Maria becomes a model of nutrition of the soul for the preparation in the life of the faithful and in the space of his non-reality, and also for the worthiness for the eternity of the soul.

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Author Biography

Luciano Coutinho, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU

Doutor em Estudos Clássicos / Filosofia Antiga pela Universidade de Coimbra, UC ”“ Portugal. Mestre em Filosofia Antiga pela Universidade de Brasília, UnB ”“ Brasil. Mestre em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (com ênfase em Estética e Semiótica) pela Universidade de Brasília, UnB ”“ Brasil. Na altura desta Conferência, era Professor de Filosofia Antiga contratado pelo Departamento de Filosofia na Universidade de Brasília. Atualmente faz Pós-Doutorado na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, UFU ”“ Brasil.

Published

2016-08-23

How to Cite

Coutinho, L. (2016). Classical temple of Athena / christian temple of Mary: revealed psychic realities. Paranoá, 9(16). https://doi.org/10.18830/issn.1679-0944.n16.2016.09

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Theory, History and Critique

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