Supersapientia : Berthold of Moosburg and the divine science of the Platonists / by Evan King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Evan, author.

Series:

History of metaphysics: ancient, medieval, modern ; volume 1.

History of metaphysics : ancient, medieval, modern, 2666-9307 ; volume 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplatonism--Early works to 1800.

Neoplatonism.

Theology--Early works to 1800.

Theology.

Berthold, von Moosburg, active 1318-1361. Expositio super Elementationem theologicam Procli.

Berthold.

Proclus, approximately 410-485. Elements of theology.

Proclus.

Elements of theology (Proclus).

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xi, 478 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]

Summary:

"This study examines the motivations and doctrinal coherence of the Commentary on the Elements of Theology of Proclus written by Berthold of Moosburg, O.P. (+c. 1361/1363). It provides an overview of Berthold's biography and intellectual contexts, his manuscript remains, and a partial edition of his annotations on Macrobius and Proclus. Through a close analysis of the three prefaces to the Commentary, giving special attention to his sources, it traces Berthold's elaboration of Platonism as a soteriological science. The content of this science is then presented in a systematic reconstruction of Berthold's cosmology and anthropology. The volume includes an English translation of the three fundamental prefaces of the Commentary"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Life and Contexts

2. Toward a Reconstruction of Berthold's Library

3. The Commentary on Proclus: Background, Purpose, and Exegetical Methods

pt. 1 Non secundum nos. Platonism as Philosophical Revelation

1. Prologus

1. Hermes Trismegistus and Thomas of York

2. Hermes Trismegistus and Albert the Great

3. Approaching and Entering the House of God

2. Expositio Tituli

1. Plato's Theorems

2. The Three Motions of the Soul

3. The Two Orders of Providence

3. Praeambulum Libri

1. Theology as a Science

2. "Our Divinising Theology"

pt. 2 Providere cum diis. The Philosophical Principles of the Expositio

4. Exstasis Divini Amoris The Macrocosm

1. Plato and Aristotle on the One and the Good

2. Creation

3. The Trinity and the Gods

4. Limit and the Unlimited

5. Determination, Generation, and Light

5. Epulatio Entis The Microcosm

1. Human Nature and the Spiritual Body

2. Between Being and Becoming

3. The Goodness of Silence: Deification and Providential Cognition

Conclusion

1. Legacy

2. Lady Philosophy's Vesture

Translation

Prologue

Exposition of the Title

Preamble of the Book.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: King, Evan. Supersapientia : Berthold of Moosburg and the divine science of the Platonists

ISBN:

9789004464902

9004464905

OCLC:

1246481459

Publisher Number:

99988403052