AKIL VE İNSANLIĞIN YÜCELTILMESI: WILLIAM BLAKE

Yıl 2020, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1, 179 - 194, 30.06.2020

Kyriaki Asiatidou

Öz

Blake, insani aşkı ve yaratıcılığı
insanın mükemmel hali (Cennetvari Hal) ve cisimlenmiş Logos (Tarının Kelamı)
ile ilişkilendirir. Blake’e göre eğer kalbinde yeralan Logos’u etkinleştirirse
insanlık kendi ideal benliğini yeniden canlandırabilir ve Tanrı ile bir bütün
olabilir. Bu makale Kudüs: Dev Albion’un Ortaya Çıkışı şiirine odaklanarak
Blake’in insanlığın theosis’ini (tanrılaştırmasını) mümkün kılan Tanrı’nın özü
ile ilgili olan görüşünü tartışmaktadır. Ayrıca Blake’in insanın mükemmeliği
sürecindeki Urizen/Akıl terimlerinin tanımı ve fonksiyonu Blake’in
Marginalia’sı ve “Cennet ve Cehennem Evliliği” adlı eserinden örneklerle
incelenecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Blake, akıl, Hayal, Aşık, Panantheizm

REASON AND THE DEIFICATION OF HUMANITY: WILLIAM BLAKE

Öz

Blake associates human love and
creativity with man’s perfect state (the Edenic State) and the Incarnate Logos
(the Word of God). For Blake, humanity can restore her ideal Self and become
One with God if she activates the Logos residing in her heart. Focusing on Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion,
this article discusses Blake’s view on the essence of God that makes humanity’s
theosis (deification) possible. Also, the definition and function of Blake’s
Urizen/Reason in the process of human perfection are examined, with
illustrations from Blake’s Marginalia and “The Marriage of Heaven and
Hell.”   

Anahtar Kelimeler

blake, reason, Imagination, Love, Panentheism

Kaynakça

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