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It also has an effect on the 38 The Harvest ofMysticism appetitive power when someone delights in the things he is raptured to" (a. 2c). In the objections Aquinas distinguishes between ec~sy, a term that merely indicates a going out of self by being placed beyond one's proper order, and ra~e, a term that adds the note of vi~ence . 13), can pertain to tJle appetitive power in the sense that Divine Love causes the human appetite to stretch out toward the Supreme Good. This distinction is based on an important discussion of Dionysius's treatment of the ecstasy of love found in STh IalIae, q.
Chapter 5 summarizes Albert's view of Dionysius's teaching on how even immaterial concepts must be denied of the God, who ultimately lies beyond both affirmation and negation. Yet one can apply negations to God that concern denials of specific differences following upon a genus (negationes in genere), if only analogically. " Albert's position on the relation between what medieval theologians spoke of as the via negativa (denying predicates of God) and the via eminentiae (affirming predicates of God, but on a higher level than we can know) makes for interesting comparison with his two most famous students, Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart.
Albert the Great worked out a solution to the problem of the beatific vision, one that adhered to the Paris definition but that also managed to salvage Significant aspects of Dionysian apophaticism for the future of German mysticism. Like all Christian theologians, Albert contrasted the highest forms of contemplative rapture realized here below (hie) with the supreme and stable enjoyment to be found in heaven (ibl). In order to understand the similarities and differences between the two forms of contact with God and thus to appreciate the true nature of the beatific vision, it is useful to note some distinctions that Albert employs: (I) the difference between vision and comprehension; (2) the distinction between knowledge of God quid esl and knowledge quia esl,.