The Universal and the Status of Genera-Species Division in Clement of Alexandria
In this paper I will defend an interpretation of Clement of Alexandria’s teaching about categories, according to which the categories apply only to the material world, but not to intelligible and divine reality. I draw the parallel between Clement’s theory and a corresponding doctrine offered by Eun...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2017
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Scrinium
Année: 2017, Volume: 13, Numéro: 1, Pages: 401-406 |
RelBib Classification: | KAB Christianisme primitif VA Philosophie |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
universals
genera-species division
categories
Middle Platonism
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Résumé: | In this paper I will defend an interpretation of Clement of Alexandria’s teaching about categories, according to which the categories apply only to the material world, but not to intelligible and divine reality. I draw the parallel between Clement’s theory and a corresponding doctrine offered by Eunomius, the leader of Arianism in the second half of the fourth century, which he developed as a reaction to the Nicaean horizontal discourse of Triadology.
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ISSN: | 1817-7565 |
Contient: | In: Scrinium
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p25 |