Metaphysical Systems in the Theological Work of Marius Victorinus

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Metaphysical Systems in the Theological Work of Marius Victorinus

Original language description

The author offers a new, concise reconstruction of the metaphysical background of Victorinus’s theological work while pointing out the differences between the metaphysical systems underlying the individual treatises. The comparative analysis of Victorinus’s writings indicates that he made use of three metaphysical concepts that modify the triad being–life–intelligence in three different ways. The different concepts included in Victorinus’s theological treatises are compared with the metaphysical systems of Porphyry, the anonymous commentary on Parmenides, two anonymous authors mentioned in Proclus’s commentary on Parmenides, and the treatises of Platonizing Sethian gnostics. This comparison shows that Victorinus probably drew on three different but cognate sources stemming from a common intellectual milieu. As the author argues, the metaphysical systems present in Victorinus’s theological writings have many elements in common with later Neoplatonists such as Iamblichus, Theodorus of Asine, and Proclus. Consequently, he considers it very improbable that Victorinus drew immediately from Middle Platonic or gnostic sources. Setting out these lines of inquiry, the chapter concludes with a discussion about the plausibility of the main hypotheses under consideration in the research in this area.

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-35803S" target="_blank" >GA14-35803S: Metaphysical systems in theological work of Marius Victorinus and their sources</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

The Philosophy, Theology, and Rhetoric of Marius Victorinus

ISBN

978-1-62837-527-5

Number of pages of the result

45

Pages from-to

381-425

Number of pages of the book

566

Publisher name

SBL Press

Place of publication

Atlanta

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