摘要:The transcendental lift of Lonergan�s life was an incarnate leaning towards �a grasp of hitherto unnoticed or unrealized possibilities� (Method in Theology, 53), and the blossoming of that transcendental�so neatly identifying �being intelligent� on that page�seems to have been grossly missed by generations of his followers. The what-question in its fullness is a reach for what might be, and Lonergan�s final great leaning pulled together in a gentle global way the fragmentary present seeds of finitude�s lust for unity of purpose: �the end of the divine mission is not attained without the cooperation of human beings� (CWL 11, 485). And what a Cosmopolitan Cooperation he envisaged! And what a shambles his disciples have made of his hope of a communal advance within �an adapted and specialized auxiliary ever ready to offset every interference with intellect�s unrestricted finality� (Insight, 747)!� �
关键词:Bernard Lonergan; art and religion; aesthetics; self-appropriation; science and art