Albert the Great on Negative-Mystical Theology as the Epitome of Science
The Oxford Handbook of Apophatic Theology August 20, 2026 Katja Krause, Tracy Wietecha
Abstract What is the epitome of science? Today, it is seen as residing in the scientific methods and practices of experimentation. For the Latin scholastics, the epitome of scientia has commonly been identified as the method and practice of demonstration. Yet Albert the Great (1200–1280) offered a different answer to our question. He relegated demonstration to a lower rank, and instead...