Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism. The legacy of Anaxagoras to classical and late antiquity. Volume I / Panayiotis Tzamalikos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tzamalikos, P., 1951- author.

Series:

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte ; Volume 128/I.

Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 1861-5996 ; Volume 128/I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplatonism.

Anaxagoras.

Origen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1,814 pages).

Edition:

2 Bde.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Origen has been always studied as a theologian and too much credit has been given to Eusebius’ implausible hagiography of him. This book explores who Origen really was, by pondering into his philosophical background, which determines his theological exposition implicitly, yet decisively. For this background to come to light, it took a ground-breaking exposition of Anaxagoras’ philosophy and its legacy to Classical and Late Antiquity (Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Origen, Neoplatonism), assessing critically Aristotle’s distorted representation of Anaxagoras. Origen, formerly a Greek philosopher of note, whom Proclus styled an anti-Platonist, is placed in the history of philosophy for the first time. By drawing on his Anaxagorean background, and being the first to revive the Anaxagorean Theory of Logoi, he paved the way to Nicaea. He was an anti-Platonist because he was an Anaxagorean philosopher with far-reaching influence, also on Neoplatonists such as Porphyry. His theology made an impact not only on the Cappadocians, but also on later Christian authors. His theory of the soul, now expounded in the light of his philosophical background, turns out more orthodox than that of some Christian stars of the Byzantine imperial orthodoxy.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Principles

Chapter 2. A religious outcast criticized

Chapter 3. Aristotle as a critic

Chapter 4. A twofold creation

Chapter 5. The will of Mind

Chapter 6. Potentiality

Chapter 7. Simplicius’ reply to Aristotle

Conclusion of Part I: Truth and Becoming in Anaxagoras

Chapter 8. Plato and Aristotle

Chapter 9. The Stoics

Chapter 10. The Neoplatonists

Chapter 11. Origen, a pupil of Anaxagoras

Chapter 12. Divine intellects: from Aristotle to Late Antiquity

Chapter 13. Theory of the soul: from Anaxagoras to Late Antiquity

Conclusion

Appendix I. The wondrous Greek travels to the East

Appendix II. Origen and the homoousion. A critical edition of two unpublished texts

Bibliography

Index of Names

Index of Terms

Index of Greek Terms

Index of Modern Names

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110420104

3110420104

9783110420197

3110420198

OCLC:

962087287