From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics

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From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics is written by Teresa Obolevitch and published by Brill. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004721983 (ISBN 10) and 9789004721982 (ISBN 13).

In From Onomatodoxy to Aesthetics: Aleksei Losev's Concept of Symbol, Teresa Obolevitch reconstructs and analyses the category of symbol in broad historical and philosophical context. Losev is recognized as the "last classic" of Russian religious philosophy of the Silver Age. He was a monk active in the academic field of philosophy and classical philology. The volume presents the ancient and patristic roots of onomatodoxy and stresses symbolical nature of the divine name, paying special attention to Losev's understanding of symbol.