Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism
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Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism

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Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism

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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.

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2016
ISBN
9783110420104
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I. The Philosophy of Anaxagoras
  6. Part II. The Legacy of Anaxagoras to Classical and Late Antiquity
  7. Part III. Origen
  8. Part IV. Theory of the Soul
  9. Conclusion
  10. Appendix I. The wondrous Greek travels to the East
  11. Appendix II. Origen and the homoousion. A critical edition of two unpublished texts
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index of Names
  14. Index of Terms
  15. Index of Greek Terms
  16. Index of Modern Names