Inquiries Into Byzantine Philosophy
Title | Inquiries Into Byzantine Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Ján Zozuľak |
Publisher | Philosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited / Historisch-genetische Studien zur Philosophie und Kulturgeschichte |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9783631748572 |
This book analyses the development of Byzantine thought, defines the contents and characteristics of Byzantine philosophy, the role of Greco-Roman world and the place of Christian thinkers. It describes the relationship between Byzantine philosophy and Greek Patristics as well as the Byzantine neptic thought.
Byzantine Philosophy and Its Ancient Sources
Title | Byzantine Philosophy and Its Ancient Sources PDF eBook |
Author | Katerina Ierodiakonou |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199269718 |
Byzantine philosophy is an almost unexplored field. Being regarded either as mere scholars or as primarily religious thinkers, Byzantine philosophers, for the most part, have not been studied on their own philosophical merit, and their works have hardly been scrutinized as works of philosophy.Thus, although distinguished scholars in the past have tried to reconstruct the intellectual life of the Byzantine period, there is no question that we still lack even the beginnings of a systematic understanding of the philosophy of the Byzantines.Byzantine Philosophy and its Ancient Sources is conceived as a concerted attempt in this direction. It examines the attitude the Byzantines took towards the ancient philosophical tradition and the specific ancient sources which they relied upon to form their theories. But did the Byzantines merelycopy ancient philosophers or interpret them the way they already had been interpreted in late antiquity? Does Byzantine philosophy as a whole lack a distinctive character which differentiates it from the previous periods in the history of philosophy?Eleven scholars, representing different disciplines from philosophy and history to classics and medieval studies, approach these questions by thoroughly investigating particular topics which give us some insight as to the directions in which we should look for possible answers. These topics range,in modern terms, from philosophy of language, theory of knowledge, and logic, to political philosophy, ethics, natural philosophy, and metaphysics. The philosophers whose works our contributors study belong to all periods from the beginnings of Byzantine culture in the fourth century to the demiseof the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century.
Byzantine Philosophy
Title | Byzantine Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Basil Tatakis |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 2003-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780872205635 |
Western studies tend to view Byzantine philosophy either as a minor offshoot of western European thought, or a handy storehouse for documents and ideas until they are needed. A scholar of philosophy (Aristotle U. of Thessaloniki), Tatakis (1896-1996) finds the view limiting, pointing out that during the Roman period, few Greeks learned Latin but Romans were not considered educated without a founding in Greek, and that Byzantine Christianity has its own trajectory unconcerned with how it deviates from western orthodoxy.
The Ways of Byzantine Philosophy
Title | The Ways of Byzantine Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Mikonja Knezevic |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2015-09-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781936773251 |
Byzantine Philosophy
Title | Byzantine Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Linos G. Benakis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2017-02-25 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783330030213 |
Christian Philosophy in the Patristic and Byzantine Tradition
Title | Christian Philosophy in the Patristic and Byzantine Tradition PDF eBook |
Author | Basil Tatakis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Byzantine Empire |
ISBN | 9781933275161 |
Tatakis is a real master of thought, a philosopher who theologizes, or, putting it otherwise, a philosopher who takes theology seriously and brings out its insights dressed in philosophical form. The result is indeed a most fruitful synthesis of philosophy and religion; a philosophy of religion, or more accurately, a religious philosophy. It is a Christian philosophy, which is possible, because this is indeed the legacy of Byzantium, that priceless alabaster of Eastern Orthodox Christianity of which Tatakis has been a key exponent and interpreter. It is precisely this Greek Orthodox Christian synthesis that this volume explains in a straightforward, comprehensive and profound way. This work is a real companion to Tatakis' earlier work on Byzantine Philosophy, laying the emphasis on the content of Byzantine thought and its characteristic religious bent, Greek Orthodox Christianity, as distinct from its history and literature, which are more typical of the earlier work. There are certain overlaps between the two books, but this one brings out more clearly the Greek Orthodox theological dimension in Tatakis' thought which deserves to be explored much more than it has. It reveals the great soul of this extraordinary man who is both a philosopher and a man of faith and theology; and who, in spite of the exigencies of life (as he describes them very movingly in his last and most interesting book - the book of his life - published posthumously in 1993), has left us the strength and the aroma of the Greek Orthodox spirit and nobility.
Byzantine Incursions on the Borders of Philosophy
Title | Byzantine Incursions on the Borders of Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce V. Foltz |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2019-09-02 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9783319966724 |
This book represents a series of incursions or philosophical forays between realms of Byzantine and Russian thought and territory long claimed by Western philosophy and theology. Beginning with thoughts inevitably rooted in the West, it seeks to penetrate as deeply as possible into Byzantine and Russian philosophical and spiritual landscapes, and to return with fresh insights. These are also incursions that move back and forth between the visible and the invisible realms, in the traditions of Plato and his successors as well as the great monastics of Eastern Christianity. Foltz argues from various perspectives that the problematic relation between transcendence and immanence finds its answer in the philosophical and theological legacy of Eastern Christian thought, which has always sought to bring together strands tenaciously held separate in the West. This book transports contemporary readers to an ancient conceptual landscape as it expertly handles both Western and Byzantine ideas with a familiarity unusual to contemporary scholars. It is essential reading for all those wishing to engage the heart of Byzantine thought and employ its lessons to address the problems which plague Western philosophy and culture.