Abstract

The present study probes alterity in Bonaventure's Breviloquium and places it between Dionysius Aropagita and Augustine, authors who are especially sensitive to this human phenomenon of singular complexity and current relevance. In effect, Bonaventure's thought carries the hallmarks as much of Dionysius as of Augustine, without necessarily identifying himself with either, since he transcends the confluence of both towards the novelty being studied. For this reason, the present study proposes an analysis of five texts from the Breviloquium that give evidence as much of Dionysius' and Augustine's reception as of the bonaventurian interpretation of alterity. This study is not about discovering Bonaventure's intention, but rather, basing itself upon the authority of said authors, contextualizing and analyzing the respective texts in benefit of discovering how Bonaventure understands reality.