Bonaventure

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This paper explores Bonaventure's understanding of the soul's ascension to God and includes an examination of cultural specificity and its effect on Bonaventure's writings.

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"In his work "The Mind's Road to God", Bonaventure shows the practical value of the three fold ladder of spiritual ascent by explaining the individual steps involved in the process and demonstrating how each uniquely leads to that which Bonaventure finds most desirable - the soul's ascension into God. However, to completely understand the ideas underpinning Saint Bonaventure's spiritual philosophy, it is important to possess both a basic knowledge of his background and an understanding of the contribution this background may have made to his writings."

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