Abstract

This paper analyses the power of metaphor which is central to Bonaventure’s literary expression, his spirituality, his philosophical and theological speculation; Considers which human language is ultimately a participation in divine expressionism; Analyses the notion of metaphor in Bonaventure’s treatment of human language; Expose his contribution for the «linguistic turn». All of this will support the thesis of this paper: that language as expression is the most fundamental metaphysical/ontological/poetic notion in Bonaventure’s vision.