The Metaphor of the Mirror in Platonic Tradition and Gregory’s Homilies on the Song of Songs

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Metaphor of the Mirror in Platonic Tradition and Gregory’s Homilies on the Song of Songs

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The chapter outlines ‘the philosophy of the Song of Songs’ as contained in Gregory’s homilies, and highlights the main Platonic motifs. It goes on to deal in more detail with the metaphor of the mirror, as used by Plato, Plotinus and Gregory. The main inspiration for Gregory appears to have been the Platonic image which speaks about the reflection of the pupil of the eye in the eye of another (from Alcibiades I, 132d-133). Although Gregory wove his metaphor together from the motifs of Platonic tradition (esp. Plotinus), he nonetheless presents it in a new light. (1) Through this metaphor, Gregory is clearly seeking to express a kind of ontological dependence. (2) What is also fundamental for Gregory is the continuing distance between the mirror and what is reflected. (3) A further aspect of the metaphor relates to the incomprehensibility of the divine: God, who is beyond human understanding, can, according to Gregory, become known in the mirror of a soul or of the church, that is, in a medium that translates divine beauty into a form that is accessible to created beings. (4) Finally, what appears crucial is the possibility of turning the mirror, which allows for the reflecting of various models, of which Gregory, wishing to emphasise the choice made by the soul as to which model it decides to reflect, makes extensive use.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Metaphor of the Mirror in Platonic Tradition and Gregory’s Homilies on the Song of Songs

Popis výsledku anglicky

The chapter outlines ‘the philosophy of the Song of Songs’ as contained in Gregory’s homilies, and highlights the main Platonic motifs. It goes on to deal in more detail with the metaphor of the mirror, as used by Plato, Plotinus and Gregory. The main inspiration for Gregory appears to have been the Platonic image which speaks about the reflection of the pupil of the eye in the eye of another (from Alcibiades I, 132d-133). Although Gregory wove his metaphor together from the motifs of Platonic tradition (esp. Plotinus), he nonetheless presents it in a new light. (1) Through this metaphor, Gregory is clearly seeking to express a kind of ontological dependence. (2) What is also fundamental for Gregory is the continuing distance between the mirror and what is reflected. (3) A further aspect of the metaphor relates to the incomprehensibility of the divine: God, who is beyond human understanding, can, according to Gregory, become known in the mirror of a soul or of the church, that is, in a medium that translates divine beauty into a form that is accessible to created beings. (4) Finally, what appears crucial is the possibility of turning the mirror, which allows for the reflecting of various models, of which Gregory, wishing to emphasise the choice made by the soul as to which model it decides to reflect, makes extensive use.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60303 - Theology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GBP401%2F12%2FG168" target="_blank" >GBP401/12/G168: Historie a interpretace Bible</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Gregory of Nyssa: In Canticum Canticorum: Analytical and Supporting studies. Proceedings of the 13th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa (Rome, 17-20 September 2014)

ISBN

978-90-04-38144-5

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

265-287

Počet stran knihy

594

Název nakladatele

Brill Academic Publishers

Místo vydání

Leiden

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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