The Deceptiveness of Beauty in Gregory of Nyssa
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/23363398.2023.19" target="_blank" >10.14712/23363398.2023.19</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Deceptiveness of Beauty in Gregory of Nyssa
Original language description
In my article, I will discuss Gregory's view of beauty from a theological-anthropological perspective, focusing on why beauty is deceptive and where the limits and boundaries lie between beauty as a theological category and beauty that becomes an idol and does not lead to God. The key question will be how beauty, whose source is God - the essential beauty - can be deceptive. I want to emphasise that although Gregory sometimes speaks about the deceptiveness of beauty, the ambiguity lies not in the beauty itself but in the ability or inability of the human being to discern the beautiful. Here I draw on the foundation of Gregory's anthropology, namely the creation of human beings in the image and likeness of God. I will further analyse Gregory's concept of the knowledge of beauty and its relationship to desire and passion in Gregory. I will conclude by reflecting on the moment when beauty becomes an idol that leads people away from the path of knowledge of the truly beautiful.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60303 - Theology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Acta Universitatis Carolinae. Theologica
ISSN
1804-5588
e-ISSN
2336-3398
Volume of the periodical
13
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
135-158
UT code for WoS article
001106407600009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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