Book contents
- The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics
- The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Rational Logos
- 3 Relational Logos
- 4 Life from Life
- 5 Philosophical Relation in History
- 6 The Cappadocian Reshaping
- 7 Knowledge and Relation
- 8 Epistemology and Openness
- 9 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - The Cappadocian Reshaping
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
- The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics
- The Cappadocian Reshaping of Metaphysics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Rational Logos
- 3 Relational Logos
- 4 Life from Life
- 5 Philosophical Relation in History
- 6 The Cappadocian Reshaping
- 7 Knowledge and Relation
- 8 Epistemology and Openness
- 9 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This is the central chapter that shows how the philosophical path traced in Chapter 5 intersects with the theological one. The Fathers, starting with Clement and Origen in Alexandria, cannot ignore that the very names of the divine Persons are relative. This gives rise to a development that with the Cappadocians takes on the characteristics of a veritable ontological revolution, whereby schesis, that is, relation, is introduced into the divine substance itself, as the foundation of the relativity of the Logos.
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- The Cappadocian Reshaping of MetaphysicsRelational Being, pp. 114 - 163Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023