THE PLATONIC MILIEU OF DIONYSIUS THE PSEUDO-AREOPAGITE

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作者：

Sabo, Theodore ^{[1
]}

Lioy, Dan ^{[1
]}

Fick, Rikus ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] North West Univ, Potchefstroom, South Africa

来源：

JOURNAL OF EARLY CHRISTIAN HISTORY | 2013年 / 3卷 / 01期

关键词：

Damascius; Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite; Eastern Orthodox Church; Hesychasm; Isidore of Alexandria; late antiquity; Neoplatonism; Patristics; Platonism; Proclus; theurgy;

D O I：

10.1080/2222582X.2013.11877275

中图分类号：

B9 [宗教];

学科分类号：

010107 ;

摘要：

The Platonic milieu is the most significant of the possible milieus that can be attributed to the Proto-Hesychast Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite. The present article hypothesizes that Dionysius' master Hierotheus was Isidore of Alexandria, a disciple of the Neoplatonist Proclus, and posits that Dionysius' locale was Egyptian rather than Syrian. Certain aspects of Proclus' influence on him are also taken into account, namely his discussion of evil, his imagery of the statues, his system of henads, and his subscription to theurgy. Dionysius' understanding of theurgy was, however, opposed to that of Proclus' ultimate mentor Porphyry for whom theurgy and virtue were mutually exclusive paths. His description of the vision of Carpos tends to underscore this.

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