Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-09200-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

Reihe: Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity

Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity examines the various ways in which Christian intellectuals engaged with Platonism both as a pagan competitor and as a source of philosophical material useful to the Christian faith. The chapters are united in their goal to explore transformations that took place in the reception and interaction process between Platonism and Christianity in this period.

The contributions in this volume explore the reception of Platonic material in Christian thought, showing that the transmission of cultural content is always mediated, and ought to be studied as a transformative process by way of selection and interpretation. Some chapters also deal with various aspects of the wider discussion on how Platonic, and Hellenic, philosophy and early Christian thought related to each other, examining the differences and common ground between these traditions.

Platonism and Christian Thought in Late Antiquity offers an insightful and broad ranging study on the subject, which will be of interest to students of both philosophy and theology in the Late Antique period, as well as anyone working on the reception and history of Platonic thought, and the development of Christian thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pavlos, Panagiotis G.

Janby, Lars Fredrik

Emilsson, Eyjólfur Kjalar

Tollefsen, Torstein Theodor

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AcknowledgementsList of contributorsList of abbreviationsIntroductionLARS FREDRIK JANBY, EYJÓLFUR KJALAR EMILSSON, TORSTEIN THEODOR TOLLEFSEN AND PANAGIOTIS G. PAVLOSPART I: Methodologies1 The Agreement of Christianity and Platonic Philosophy from Justin Martyr to EusebiusSÉBASTIEN MORLET2 Augustine and the "Prophecy" of Plato, Tim. 29c3CHRISTINA HOENIG3 Porphyry’s Daemons as a Threat for the ChristiansCHRISTINE HECHTPART II: Cosmology4 Patristic Reflections on Formless MatterENRICO MORO5 Plotinus’ Doctrine of Badness as Matter in Ennead I.8. [51]EYJÓLFUR KJALAR EMILSSON6 Proclus, Philoponus, and Maximus: The Paradigm of the World and Temporal BeginningTORSTEIN THEODOR TOLLEFSENPART III: Metaphysics7 Christ and Pythagoras: Augustine’s Early Philosophy of NumberLARS FREDRIK JANBY8 The Impact of ¿µ¿¿¿s¿¿¿ on the Divine IdeasDANIEL J. TOLAN9 Theurgy in Dionysius the AreopagitePANAGIOTIS G. PAVLOS10 On the Meaning of Hierarchy in Dionysius the AreopagiteDIMITRIOS A. VASILAKIS11 The Doctrine of Immanent Realism in Maximus the ConfessorSEBASTIAN MATEIESCU12 That and How Perichoresis Differs from Participation: The Case of Maximus the ConfessorJORDAN DANIEL WOODPART IV: Ethics13 Apophaticism in the Search for Knowledge: Love as a Key Difference in Neoplatonic and Christian EpistemologyE. BROWN DEWHURST14 The Origin of Passions in Neoplatonic and Early Christian Thought: Porphyry of Tyre and Evagrius PonticusADRIAN PIRTEA15 Augustine on Eudaimonia as Life Project and Object of DesireTOMAS EKENBERGIndexes

Über Autor(innen)

Panagiotis G. Pavlos is Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway. His main interests are Late Antique metaphysics, cosmology and the early Christian philosophical tradition, with an emphasis on their interaction. His doctoral dissertation examines the concept of aptitude (epitedeiotes) in Late Antique and Early Christian thought.

Lars Fredrik Janby holds a Ph.D. in the History of Ideas from the University of Oslo, Norway, where he defended a thesis on Augustine’s encyclopedic project. His research focuses on Christian receptions of classical material in Late Antiquity.

Eyjólfur Kjalar Emilsson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway. His research interests include topics in metaphysics and ethics in the ancient and late ancient classical philosophical tradition. He is the author of four monographs and numerous articles on ancient philosophy, focusing on Plotinus in particular.

Torstein Theodor Tollefsen is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway. His main interests are metaphysics and cosmology in late antiquity and early Byzantium, and the tensions and interactions between pagan and Christian thought in that period.