Apophaticism, Mysticism, and Epoptics in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy: Some Important Examples

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dc.contributor.authorRamelli, Ilaria L.E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-05T21:38:43Z
dc.date.available2023-11-05T21:38:43Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates mystic apophaticism in a set of Greek Patristic theologians, profoundly informed by philosophy, especially imperial Platonism: Clement, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Pseudo-Dionysius. Both the terminology and the argumentative structure will be examined in each author and important connections among themselves and with ‘pagan’ Neoplatonists (including Plotinus, Porphyry, and Proclus) will be drawn. The reciprocal interrelations among epoptics, ἔρως and ἀγάπη, epektasis, and ἐπιστροφή and ἀποκατάστασις will be pointed out. The article will argue for the intended double-reference strategy to both ‘pagan’ and Christian Platonism, as well as Dionysius’ veiled response to Porphyry qua accuser of Origen, and the meaning of the charge, levelled against Dionysius himself, of “making unholy use of Greek things”—which is what ‘pagans’ had already charged Origen with. Dionysius retorted, “it is the Greeks who make unholy use of godly things to attack God!”, and this is again what Origen had responded.
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae", 2023, T. 41, nr 3, s. 547-586
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.16420
dc.identifier.issn1644-8561
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5970
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectpatristic philosophy
dc.subjectmystic apophaticism
dc.subjectClement
dc.subjectOrigen
dc.subjectGregory of Nyssa
dc.subjectPseudo- Dionysius
dc.subjectPlotinus
dc.subjectPorphyry
dc.subjectepoptics
dc.subjectmystica
dc.subjectἔρως and ἀγάπη
dc.subjectepektasis
dc.subjectἐπιστροφή and ἀποκατάστασις
dc.subjectsimultaneous double-reference strategy
dc.subjectDionysius’ attack on Porphyry
dc.subjectthe “parricide” charge
dc.titleApophaticism, Mysticism, and Epoptics in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy: Some Important Examples
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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