by Kurt Knecht | Mar 5, 2012 | christian music, kurt knecht, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
When we talk about the history of Christian music, we are immediately confronted with difficult terminology. What exactly do we mean when we say “Christian music”? Do we mean – in the rather unorthodox parlance of the modern evangelical movement – that there was an F...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 20, 2011 | aesthetics, kurt knecht, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
In De Ordine, St. Augustine seems to be under the full sway of Plotinus when it comes to the idea of artistic creation. He argues that you can get your soul “out of tune” by immoral actions.“For to the soul that diligently considers the nature and the power of...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 17, 2011 | Blanchot, Heidegger, Iyer, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
My good friend, Brian McMillan passed along a lovely passage today. It is from Lars Iyer’s book The Birth of Philosophy in Poetry: Blanchot, Char, Heraclitus. It’s a nice alternative to the art object as a vehicle for carrying content theory.”As for...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 11, 2011 | aesthetics, art, coffee, St. Augustine, Uncategorized
St. Augustine’s views of art will take some time to tackle. He was certainly one of the most powerful and influential minds for the shaping of Western thought. In general, he tends to borrow much of his language and starting points from the neo-Platonists and Plotinus...
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