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La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno

History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age

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Autore / Author: Lorenzo Saraceno

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Verona

Titolo / Title: La retorica come strumento teologico. Una lettura del Dominus vobiscum di Pier Damiani

Abstract: Dominus Vobiscum (letter 28) is undoubtedly one of Peter Damian’s most original works, and has experienced a renewed interest thanks to the re-emergence of the ecclesiology of communion around Vatican II, but in-depth studies of the work as a whole are missing and its sources seem quite limited. In this analysis of the text and its argumentative structure, the conceptual development is built on the dialectic of contrasts, starting from the binomial of “solitudo pluralis” and “multitudo singularis”, typical of the hermit. The theme is unfolded in its pneumatological, Christological and ecclesiological aspects. A formal analysis seems to demonstrate that the theses presented by Peter Damian are mainly the result of the power of rhetoric, which he undoubtedly mastered.

Keywords: Peter Damian; rhetoric; dialectic; ecclesiology.

English title: Rhetoric as Theological Instrument. A Reading of Peter Damian’s Dominus Vobiscum

DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaVIII3

Anno / Volume: VIII

Fascicolo / Issue: 1-2

Pagine / Pages: 87-109

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/12/2021

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaVIII3

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