"The Trinity's "own light seemed to be present around us, still, no trinity appeared to us in nature, for in the midst of that splendor we did not keep the eye of our mind fixed steadily upon searching for it ... because that ineffable light beat back our gaze, and the weakness of our mind was convinced that it could not yet adjust itself to it"
— St. Augustine (354-430)
Author
Work Title
Date
399-426
Metaphor
"The Trinity's "own light seemed to be present around us, still, no trinity appeared to us in nature, for in the midst of that splendor we did not keep the eye of our mind fixed steadily upon searching for it ... because that ineffable light beat back our gaze, and the weakness of our mind was convinced that it could not yet adjust itself to it"
Metaphor in Context
The Trinity's "own light seemed to be present around us, still, no trinity appeared to us in nature, for in the midst of that splendor we did not keep the eye of our mind fixed steadily upon searching for it ... because that ineffable light beat back our gaze, and the weakness of our mind was convinced that it could not yet adjust itself to it .
Categories
Provenance
Reading Margaret Miles's "Vision: The Eye of the Body and the Eye of the Mind in Saint Augustine's "De Trinitate" and "Confessions." The Journal of Religion 63.2 (1983): 131.
Citation
The Works of Saint Augustine: A Translation for the 21st Century. Series edited by John E. Rotelle, O.S.A. Augustinian Heritage Published in print by New City Press 1999, InteLex Corporation, 2001. Vol 5.
Theme
Mind's Eye
Date of Entry
04/19/2004
