Plotinus the antipalamite
The synod of Constantinople of 1351 discussed six questions and answers concerning the Palamite doctrine of energies. Nikephoros Gregoras was condemned at the gathering and subsequently defended his position in his History of the Romans, where he indicated that the Neoplatonist Plotinus...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2022/0584-98882259133L.pdf |
| Summary: | The synod of Constantinople of 1351 discussed six questions and answers
concerning the Palamite doctrine of energies. Nikephoros Gregoras was
condemned at the gathering and subsequently defended his position in his
History of the Romans, where he indicated that the Neoplatonist Plotinus
held the same views on the relation between the divine and its activities.
This would imply that Plotinus’ ideas were also condemned at the synod of
1351. On the other side of the debate, the Neoplatonist Proclus had
anticipated the same arguments as Gregory Palamas in his commentary on
Plato’s Parmenides. Indeed, the Palamite debate employed argumentative
strategies which had distinguished Plotinus from Proclus and therefore
revealed the brilliant dynamism of Byzantine Platonism in the fourteenth
century. |
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| ISSN: | 0584-9888 2406-0917 |