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The Dialectic of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola
by Gaston Fessard S.J.
Series: - Jesuit Studies, Volume: 35
Author:
Gaston Fessard, S.J. (1897â1978), was a major mid-twentieth century French intellectual. He was a Hegel expert, but also wrote on issues of the day ranging from the Vichy regime to Christian-Marxist dialogue. The product of several decades of reflection, Fessardâs work on the Dialectic of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola is the only one of its kind, a careful and penetrating study into the structure and tension of life-changing choices that Ignatius had in mind in his four week spiritual exercises. The Exercises insist on the way of making a spiritual Election, or choice in keeping with Godâs will for oneself and for the Christian community at a particular moment in oneâs existence.
Oliva Blanchette held a doctorate from Laval University in Quebec and taught philosophy for many years at Boston College. Past president of the Metaphysical Society of America and the International Society for Metaphysics, he translated several books by Maurice Blondel.
James Colbert has a doctorate from the University of Navarre in Spain. He taught philosophy at Boston State College and Fitchburg State University. He has translated a number of books by Ãtienne Gilson.
James Colbert has a doctorate from the University of Navarre in Spain. He taught philosophy at Boston State College and Fitchburg State University. He has translated a number of books by Ãtienne Gilson.
Thoughts on the Dialectic of the Spiritual Exercises
âOliva Blanchette and James Colbert
List of Figures
Preface
Postscript
Introduction
1 Division of the Exercises
â1âHow to Make the Four Weeks Coincide with the Three Ways?
â2âDeduction of the Divisions of the Exercises
2 Positing Non-being: Week One
3 Negation of the Positing of Non-being: Week Two
â1âThe Three Degrees of Humility
Introduction to Part 2
4 The Election
â1âPreamble to the Election
â2âIntroduction concerning the Things about Which Election Must Be Made
â3âThe Three Times of the Election
â4âTwo Ways of Making Election in the Third Time (Numbers 178â188)
â5âFor the Amendment and Reform of Oneâs Own Life and Condition (Number 189)
Introduction to Part 3
5 Exclusion of All Non-being: Third Week
â1âThe Growth of the Exclusion of Non-being
â2âPassage from the Third to the Fourth Moment: Triduum Mortis
â3âApplication to the Act of Freedom
6 Positing of Being: Fourth Week
â1âApplication to the Act of Freedom
â2âGrowth of the Positing of the Being
â3âThe Disappearance of the Positing of Being: Ascension
Conclusion: The Contemplatio Ad Amorem Obtinendum
â1âFirst Point
â2âSecond Point
â3âThird Point
â4âFourth Point
â5âSuscipe
Circularity of the Exercises and Circularity of Absolute Knowledge: From Ignatius to Hegel through Hölderlin
Afterword
â1âEssay on Constructing a Geometrical Scheme of the Exercises
â2âDivision of the Exercises
â3âPerspectives
Appendix: Rules for the Discernment of Spirits
â1âRules for the First Week (Numbers 313â327)
â2âRules for the Second Week (Numbers 328â336)
Further Study of the Ignatian Maxim
âHaec sit prima agendorum regula: sic Deo fide, quasi rerum successus omnis a te, nihil a Deo ponderet; ita tamen iis omnem operam admove, quasi tu nihil, Deus omnia solus sit facturus
âSection 1: Sources of the Traditional Maxim
âSection 2: Structure of Maxim Number 2
âSection 3: The Objections against the Traditional Maxim
âSection 4: The Secret of These Objections
Figures
âFigures 1â10
âFigures 14â19
âFigures 20â29
âElogium Sepulcrale
Index
âOliva Blanchette and James Colbert
List of Figures
Preface
Postscript
Introduction
1 Division of the Exercises
â1âHow to Make the Four Weeks Coincide with the Three Ways?
â2âDeduction of the Divisions of the Exercises
part 1: Before the Act of Freedom
2 Positing Non-being: Week One
3 Negation of the Positing of Non-being: Week Two
â1âThe Three Degrees of Humility
Part 2: Passage from the Before to the After
Introduction to Part 2
4 The Election
â1âPreamble to the Election
â2âIntroduction concerning the Things about Which Election Must Be Made
â3âThe Three Times of the Election
â4âTwo Ways of Making Election in the Third Time (Numbers 178â188)
â5âFor the Amendment and Reform of Oneâs Own Life and Condition (Number 189)
Part 3: After the Act of Freedom
Introduction to Part 3
5 Exclusion of All Non-being: Third Week
â1âThe Growth of the Exclusion of Non-being
â2âPassage from the Third to the Fourth Moment: Triduum Mortis
â3âApplication to the Act of Freedom
6 Positing of Being: Fourth Week
â1âApplication to the Act of Freedom
â2âGrowth of the Positing of the Being
â3âThe Disappearance of the Positing of Being: Ascension
Conclusion: The Contemplatio Ad Amorem Obtinendum
â1âFirst Point
â2âSecond Point
â3âThird Point
â4âFourth Point
â5âSuscipe
Circularity of the Exercises and Circularity of Absolute Knowledge: From Ignatius to Hegel through Hölderlin
Afterword
â1âEssay on Constructing a Geometrical Scheme of the Exercises
â2âDivision of the Exercises
â3âPerspectives
Appendix: Rules for the Discernment of Spirits
â1âRules for the First Week (Numbers 313â327)
â2âRules for the Second Week (Numbers 328â336)
Further Study of the Ignatian Maxim
âHaec sit prima agendorum regula: sic Deo fide, quasi rerum successus omnis a te, nihil a Deo ponderet; ita tamen iis omnem operam admove, quasi tu nihil, Deus omnia solus sit facturus
âSection 1: Sources of the Traditional Maxim
âSection 2: Structure of Maxim Number 2
âSection 3: The Objections against the Traditional Maxim
âSection 4: The Secret of These Objections
Figures
âFigures 1â10
âFigures 14â19
âFigures 20â29
âElogium Sepulcrale
Index
The book will interest researchers in Jesuit Studies; persons who give the Spiritual Exercises or do them; those who give other kinds of retreats; students of Hegel; students of religious history. Keywords: after and before, Being, better, Bremond, contemplation, decision, discernment, Election, four weeks, freedom, Hegel, Hevenesi, Hölderlin, Non-being, perfect.