Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of ChristendomThis book traces the development of conceptions of God and the relationship between God's being and activity from Aristotle, through the pagan Neoplatonists, to thinkers such as Augustine, Boethius and Aquinas (in the West) and Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor and Gregory Palamas (in the East). The result is a comparative history of philosophical thought in the two halves of Christendom, providing a philosophical backdrop to the schism between the Eastern and Western Churches. |
Contents
The Prime Mover | 17 |
Between Aristotle and Plotinus | 38 |
Plotinus and the theory of two acts | 66 |
The Platinum heritage in the West | 90 |
Gods demons and theurgy | 112 |
The formation of the eastern tradition | 146 |
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Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of Christendom David Bradshaw No preview available - 2007 |
Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of Christendom David Bradshaw No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
activity actuality Alexander Alexander of Aphrodisias Anima Aquinas argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle's attributes Augustine Barlaam Basil Boethius Cappadocians causal chapter Christ Christian Commentary conception created creatures demons Dionysius discussion distinction divine energeia divine essence divine names divine simplicity doctrine eastern efficient cause energy Enneads eternal Eunomius existence external act Father God's gods Greek Gregory of Nyssa Gregory Palamas Hadot Hermetica hesychasts hierarchy Holy Spirit human hypostasis Iamblichus Ibid identical important intellect intelligible internal act kind knowledge logoi Logos manifestation Maximus means Metaphysics mind motion nature Neoplatonism NPNF Numenius object of thought ousia Palamas participation passage perfect Philo philosophical Plato Plotinian Plotinus Porphyry possess potency potentially prayer Prime Mover principle Proclus question reality reference relation sense simply soul speak substance term theology Theophrastus theory theurgy things thinking tradition transcendent translation treatises Triads understanding Victorinus vision word
References to this book
Humanité: John Humphrey's Alternative Account of Human Rights Clinton Timothy Curle No preview available - 2007 |