Enthymesis
Enthymesis is a Latin, later German made-up word from the Greek ( ἐνθύμησις , literally: "empathizing", putting oneself into one's own mood, one's own thymos , one's own vitality), which is used as a name in the speculative-mystical literature of the late Middle Ages of the essence of "desire" appears.
In the religious teachings of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great , which are close to Gnosis , enthymesis is interpreted as a "comprehending thought belonging to matter". The German writer Arno Schmidt chose the term as the title of his story Enthymesis or WIEH, written in 1946 and published in 1949 .
literature
- Entry in Oscar Manner: The Greek Words in Latin. Hirzel, Leipzig 1882, p. 414 ( Google books ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Kraft: Emperor Constantine's religious development. Mohr, Tübingen 1955, p. 110 ( Google books ).