Nikephoros Gregoras

Demetracopoulos, John A.

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“…78 This meant that instances like the divine light perceived in the Transfiguration of Christ were a direct manifestation of God (and thus "uncreated"), 79 implying that participation in God directly involved the senses in relation to the divine light, as well as the intellect's apprehension of God in the light. On this basis, the Hesychasts claimed that the continual use of the senses, in their specific movements of prayer, were necessary for the soul's perfection and union with God-rather than merely as an intermediate stage in 73 A theme one may also see in Barlaam's (and Palamas') contemporary, Gregoras, even though Gregoras was an opponent of Barlaam early in the Hesychast Controversy: see Demetracopoulos (2017) and cf. earlier n. 69.…”

Section: Gregory Palamas: Philosophy and Scepticism Between The Order...mentioning

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Reason, Revelation, and Sceptical Argumentation in 12th‐ to 14th‐Century Byzantium

Greig

2021

Theoria

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In middle to late Byzantium, one finds dogmatic-style sceptical arguments employed against human reason in relation to divine revelation, where revelation becomes the sole criterion of certain truth in contrast to reason. This argumentative strategy originates in early Christian authors, especially Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-215 CE) and Gregory Nazianzen (c. 329-390 CE), who maintain that revelation is the only domain of knowledge where certainty is possible. Given this, one finds two striking variations of this sceptical approach: a "mild" variant (represented by Clement), where knowledge derived from human reason admits partial access to truths manifested in revelation, if imperfect; and a "strict" variant (represented by Gregory), where knowledge derived from human reason does not admit any access to truths in revelation. This paper analyzes the three Byzantines, Nicholas of Methone (d. 1160/66 CE), Theodore Metochites (1270-1320 CE), and Gregory Palamas (1296-1357/59 CE), who each display certain tendencies toward these two "poles" in their respective epistemological positions on knowledge through reason and faith.

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Section: Gregory Palamas: Philosophy and Scepticism Between The Order...mentioning

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Reason, Revelation, and Sceptical Argumentation in 12th‐ to 14th‐Century Byzantium

Greig

2021

Theoria

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Nikephoros Gregoras

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Reason, Revelation, and Sceptical Argumentation in 12th‐ to 14th‐Century Byzantium

Reason, Revelation, and Sceptical Argumentation in 12th‐ to 14th‐Century Byzantium

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