Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium

Context and Legacy
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-51289-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 454 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 890 g

Reihe: History of Metaphysics: Ancient, Medieval, Modern

This volume is the first complete study of the 12th-century CE Byzantine philosopher Nicholas of Methone, offering a critical examination of a key moment in 11th–12th-century Byzantine philosophy. Although traditionally regarded as a polemical commentator on the late Neoplatonist Proclus, this volume highlights Nicholas' substantial contribution to metaphysics and philosophical theology. It also situates his work within the broader intellectual context where Neoplatonism and its relation to Byzantine Christian theology were actively debated. The contributions gathered here are of particular significance for those interested in the Byzantine afterlife of late antique Neoplatonism and its legacy in the later Byzantine tradition and the Renaissance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Calma, Dragos

Greig, Jonathan

Robinson, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction Jonathan Greig and Dragos Calma

Part 1 Nicholas of Methone and His Contemporary Intellectual Context

2 Ioanne Petritsi between Proclus and Nicholas of Methone István Perczel with the contribution of Levan Gigineishvili

3 Nicholas of Methone and Ioane Petritsi on Intellect Lela Alexidze

4 Different Understandings of Proclus’ First Principle(s) in Nicholas of Methone and Ioanne Petritsi Levan Gigineishvili

5 Nicholas of Methone against Eustratios of Nicaea? On Proclus’ Presence in the Commentary on the Posterior Analytics II Michele Trizio

Part 2 The Refutation and Nicholas’ Other Works

6 Standards of Argument in Nicholas of Methone and Proclus: Comparing the Elementatio theologica with Nicholas’ Attempts to Disarm It Jan Opsomer

7 A Relativistic Approach to Proclus: Nicholas of Methone’s Critique of Elements of Theology §?67–74 (on Parts and Wholes) Arthur Oosthout

8 Nicholas of Methone on Divine Ideas: Between Proclus and the Early Byzantines Jonathan Greig

9 The Motion of the Fertile One in Nicholas of Methone and Earlier Sources Joshua M. Robinson

10 Ontological Foundations and Methodological Applications of Analogy in Nicholas of Methone: An Example of Realism Christos Terezis and Lydia Petridou

11 12th-Century Philosophers and the Filioque: The Case of Nicholas of Methone’s Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit Alessandra Bucossi

12 Reconsidering Nicholas of Methone’s Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto

Part 3 Nicholas of Methone’s Reception and Legacy

13 The Discussion on Participation from Nicholas of Methone to Palamas and His Opponents

The Scholia on Proclus’ Elementatio Theologica in Marcianus gr. 512 Carlos Steel

14 Proclus (and Nicholas of Methone) in the Hesychast Controversy Börje Bydén

15 Marsilio Ficino and Nicholas of Methone on Platonic Theology Stephen Gersh

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Greig, Ph.D. (2018), LMU Munich, is Research Associate at HU Berlin and KU Leuven. His most recent monograph is The First Principle in Late Neoplatonism (Brill, 2021), and he has published on other topics in late antique and Byzantine philosophy.

Joshua Robinson, Ph.D. (2014), University of Notre Dame, is Byzantine Studies Librarian at Dumbarton Oaks Library. He has published on Byzantine theology and philosophy.

Dragos Calma, Ph.D. (2008), Sorbonne University, Associate Professor at University College Dublin, directs the ERC Grant NeoplAT: Neoplatonism and Abrahamic Traditions supporting the research and publication of the current volume, of Neoplatonism in the Middle Ages (2 vols), Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes (3 vols), and others.