Gregory Palamas аnd the Question of One and Many: An Ontological Questioning of Essence/Energies Distinction
Gregory Palamas аnd the Question of One and Many: An Ontological Questioning of Essence/Energies Distinction
Author(s): Romilo Aleksandar Knežević
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Philosophy of Middle Ages, Ontology
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I shall argue that to be properly evaluated, the dialectical pair of notions of essence/energies, introduced by Gregory Palamas, the renowned Orthodox metropolitan and theologian of the 14th century, needs to be positioned within the wider Neoplatonic framework of the age-old problem of the One and the Many. Palamas is undoubtedly not particularly fond of using Neoplatonic vocabulary, especially this syntagma. This is probably why his work so far has not been approached from this angle.
Book: The One and Many: Reception of the Neoplatonic Notion of Hierarchy in 14th and 15th Century
- Page Range: 57-93
- Page Count: 37
- Publication Year: 2025
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
