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Moses Atticizing

“For what is Plato, but Moses atticizing?” —Numenius
τί γάρ ἐστι Πλάτων ἢ Μωσῆς ἀττικίζων;

Archives From jun_2020

How would Proclus account for both Christianity’s divine origin and also recognize its opposition to the cult of his own gods? Antonio starts a speculative series on the issue.

Taking his que from Kierkegaard’s At a Graveside, Conor examines how one might appropriate the thought of death within the metaphysical and theological framework of Christian Platonism.

How does the intellect (νοῦς) know God, yet how is God incomprehensible to the intellect? A close study on Maximus the Confessor’s Ambiguum 22, where Maximus adopts an Aristotelian and (pseudo-)Dionysian framework in describing how one does—and doesn’t—know God.

How can a Christian bring together the Trinity and devotion to God qua the soul’s bridegroom? Antonio presents an inspired solution.