Dionysius the Areopagite and the Neoplatonist tradition :: despoiling the Hellenes /

Dionysius the Areopagite' is arguably one of the most mysterious and intriguing figures to emerge from the late antique world. Writing around 500 CE, and possibly connected with the circle of Severus of Antioch, Dionysius manipulates a Platonic metaphysics to describe a hierarchical universe. A...

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1. Verfasser: Wear, Sarah Klitenic
Weitere Verfasser: Dillon, John M.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity.
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Zusammenfassung:Dionysius the Areopagite' is arguably one of the most mysterious and intriguing figures to emerge from the late antique world. Writing around 500 CE, and possibly connected with the circle of Severus of Antioch, Dionysius manipulates a Platonic metaphysics to describe a hierarchical universe. As with the Hellenic Platonists, he arranges the celestial and material cosmos into a series of triadic strata. These strata emanate from one unified being and contain beings that range from superior to inferior, depending on their proximity to God. This metaphysics lends itself to a sacramental system si.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 142 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.
ISBN:9780754687092
0754687090

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