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Angelus Silesius

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[si-lee-shee-uhs, -zhee-uhs, sahy-] / sɪˈli ʃi əs, -ʒi əs, saɪ- /

noun

  1. Johannes Scheffler, 1627–77, German poet.


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He is everlasting life, which Angelus Silesius forgets when he says: 'God is without will.'

From Memories A Story of German Love by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

This Neoplatonic Absolute is the Godhead of whom Eckhart says: "God never looked upon deed," and of whom Angelus Silesius sings:   "Und sieh, er ist nicht Wille,   Er ist ein' ewige Stille."

From Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages by Inge, William Ralph

To ignore Angelus Silesius, Paul Gerhardt, Albert Knapp, Philip Spitta and their glorious compeers, would be to silence a choir that sang the praises of the Lord "in notes almost divine."

From The Lutherans of New York Their Story and Their Problems by Wenner, George

Therefore the poet may just as well sing of voluptuousness as of mysticism, be Anacreon or Angelus Silesius, write tragedies or comedies, represent the sublime or the common mind—according to humour or vocation.

From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur

His family name was Johann Scheffler, but he is generally known by the pseudonym Angelus Silesius, under which he published his poems and which marks the country of his birth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 by Various

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