CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE HOMILY ON THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD BY ANDREW OF CRETE Cover Image

CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE HOMILY ON THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD BY ANDREW OF CRETE
CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE HOMILY ON THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD BY ANDREW OF CRETE

Author(s): Vladimir A. Baranov
Subject(s): Philosophy of Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, Theory of Literature
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: Andrew of Crete; Transfiguration; Plato; Unmoved Mover; numerology; Philo of Alexandria;

Summary/Abstract: In his Homily on the Transfiguration, Andrew of Crete (ca. 660-740) employs a number of concepts, metaphors, and expressions from classical philosophy, including the dialogues of Plato, Aristotle’s concept of the unmoved mover, and symbolic arithmology of the Neopythagoreans, known to Andrew by mediation of Philo of Alexandria.

  • Issue Year: XII/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 433-443
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English