The Universal and the Status of Genera-Species Division in Clement of Alexandria


In this paper I will defend an interpretation of Clement of Alexandria’s teaching about categories, according to which the categories apply only to the material world, but not to intelligible and divine reality. I draw the parallel between Clement’s theory and a corresponding doctrine offered by Eun...

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Autor principal: Biriukov, Dmitry (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: 2017
En: Scrinium
Año: 2017, Volumen: 13, Número: 1, Páginas: 401-406
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KAB Cristianismo primitivo
VA Filosofía
Otras palabras clave:B universals
 genera-species division
 categories
 Middle Platonism

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Sumario:In this paper I will defend an interpretation of Clement of Alexandria’s teaching about categories, according to which the categories apply only to the material world, but not to intelligible and divine reality. I draw the parallel between Clement’s theory and a corresponding doctrine offered by Eunomius, the leader of Arianism in the second half of the fourth century, which he developed as a reaction to the Nicaean horizontal discourse of Triadology.

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ISSN:1817-7565
Obras secundarias:In: Scrinium
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p25