Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite on the notion of time
Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite on the notion of time
Author(s): Elena Ene D-VasilescuSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Religion and science
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite; God; time; Neoplatonic Philosophy; distention; temporality henosis; ‘uplifting’ ( ̓αγάγω) and ‘return’ (έπστροφή); kataphasis; apophasis;
Summary/Abstract: Pseudo-Dionysius knew Plato’s texts and those of his descendants well. His familiarity with their works, especially with the dialogue Timaeus, becomes evident in the way he treats the notion of time. Here is where this concept is presented as ‘a moving image of eternity’, an idea to which Dionysius adheres.The Syrian thinker Christianizes the term and sees is as series of ‘upliftings’ and ‘returns’ towards the principle of life, God. He believes that people live both in time and in eternity.
Journal: Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi. Teologie Ortodoxă
- Issue Year: 27/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 71-81
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English