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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Auteur principal: Biriukov, Dmitry (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2017
Dans: 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.

ISSN:1817-7565
Contient:In: Scrinium
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p25