Henosis

L'Union à Dieu chez Denys l'Aréopagite
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-04-10656-7
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Französisch, Band 71, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 957 g

Reihe: Philosophia Antiqua

In the first part of this study, the theme of the union (henosis) is analysed in Dionysius the Areopagite's De Divinis Nominibus. The starting point of this inquiry is the trinitarian theology of Dionysius. He distinguishes between Union (henosis) and distinction (diakrisis), ad intra of the divine Persons and ad extra of the divines names, understood as powers. The movement of procession and conversion of the divine names follows the very structure of the treatise: from the Union to the One, a movement called "the circle of love". In a second moment, the word henosis or the formula henosis hyper noun, "union above the intellect", are analysed in the De divinis nominibus, where they allude to the "union without confusion" of the ideas one with the other, or to the union of intellect with God in the unknowledge.
The second part is dedicated to the union with God in the De Mystica Theologia. The author first studies Moses' ascension and his entrance in the Darkness within the tradition of the commentaries of Exodus, such as Philo's or Gregory of Nyssa's treatises De Vita Mosis; she analyses the progress of negative theology towards the mystical union and she tries to identify the "unknown God" with whom the intellect becomes unified in the neoplatonician theory and also in the context of Paul's discourse on the Areopage. She concludes with an examination of the unio mystica and its major features in Pseudo-Dionysius.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andia, Ysabel de

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Ysabel de Andia is agrégée of philosophy and Doctor in patristic theology (Roma 1982) and in philosophy (Paris 1994). She is currently preparing an edition with French translation of De Divinis Nominibus and De Mystica Theologia for the collection Sources chrétienne. She organised a International Colloquium in 1994 on Dionysius the Areopagite and its Influence in Orient and Occident, which will be published in Paris, in 1996. She is Director of Research in the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Philosophy in Paris.