Being as Motion The First Principles of Origen's Ontology of Freedom
Origen proposes a new metaphysics of motion which, based on Plato's "greatest kinds" from the Sophist, views God as both contemplative rest and active motion. As goodness itself, God cannot but create moral beings endowed with self-motion themselves. It is up to them to embrace or rej...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 114-137 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Origenes 185-254
/ Plato 427 BC-347 BC
/ God
/ Movement
/ Goodness
/ Human being
/ Free will
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IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Motion
B Rest B Platonism B Freewill B Plato B Origen B Freedom B God |
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