Hugo de Sancto Victore, Dialoges super Genesim [and]
In Salomonis Ecclesiasten homilia. Manuscript,
France, ca.1160
According to Hugo (†1141), named, together with his pupil Richard, after
the
famous Parisian school and abbey, true contemplation and mystical union
are
reserved for the hereafter, while the highest attainable goal here
on earth consists
of an intense rejoicing in anticipation.
In Salomonis Ecclesiasten includes an extensive manual of contemplation;
ever
since Origen, the books of Solomon were considered as progressive sources
of wisdom.