agathology

agathology

the doctrine or science of the good. — agathologic, agathological, adj.
See also: Goodness
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"Mysticism," according to a term commonly used and which perfectly fits the Bonaventurian Itinerarium, is "hodology," not the circular climb to the principle of being (ontology), but the linear ascension towards the origin of the Good (agathology).
He started his philosophizing as a phenomenologist and moved on to his own theories based on the concept of "agathology," or the Good.