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Misrepresenting Neoplatonism in Contemporary Christian Dionysian Polemic: Eriugena and Nicholas of Cusa versus Vladimir Lossky and Jean-Luc Marion.

Authors :
Hankey, Wayne J.
Source :
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly: Journal of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Fall2008, Vol. 82 Issue 4, p683-703. 21p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The article focuses on Neoplatonism in Contemporary Christian Dionysian Polemic. It discusses the comparison between the receptions of Dionysius in relation to non-Christian philosophy during the Latin Middle Ages and the twentieth-century Christian thought. It states that the medieval philosophers including Eriugena, Thomas Aquinas, and Nicholas of Cusa as a rule refuse to divide religion from philosophy. Hence, it notes that the medieval philosophers see no need to set Dionysius in opposition to non-Christian philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Proclus. It mentions that Vladimir Lossky and Jean-Luc Marion celebrates Dionysius in opposition to the non-Christian Neoplatonists.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10513558
Volume :
82
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly: Journal of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
36311959