This paper analyses the relationship between the concepts of lived body and habit as fundamental elements for understanding our relationship with the world. Based on the works of Maine de Biran, a little-known and little-read 19th-century French philosopher, the concepts of body, effort and habit are explored as a contribution to the dialogue with French phenomenology. First, a brief...
This article analyzes the mystical experience of Hildegard von Bingen to explore how it can support a worldview that encompasses not only the theological but also the political. From the perspective of medieval philosophy, which is grounded in a philosophical anthropology, three key points are addressed: the clarification of essential concepts of mystical experience, the analysis of Hildegard’s...