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oapen-20.500.12657-507882021-10-07T02:45:17Z Supersapientia: Berthold of Moosburg and the Divine Science of the Platonists King, Evan Philosophy Medieval Philosophy Epistemology & Metaphysics bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPJ Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology This study examines the motivations and doctrinal coherence of the Commentary on the Elements of Theology of Proclus written by Berthold of Moosburg, O.P. († c. 1361/1363). It provides an overview of Berthold’s biography and intellectual contexts, his manuscript remains, and a partial edition of his annotations on Macrobius and Proclus. Through a close analysis of the three prefaces to the Commentary, giving special attention to Berthold’s sources, it traces the Dominican's elaboration of Platonism as a soteriological science. The content of this science is then presented in a systematic reconstruction of Berthold’s cosmology and anthropology. The volume includes an English translation of the three fundamental prefaces of the Commentary.. Readership: Students and specialists of medieval philosophy and the history of Platonism, especially those interested in the influence of late-antique Neoplatonism on medieval natural philosophy and theories of contemplation. 2021-10-06T11:55:53Z 2021-10-06T11:55:53Z 2021 book ONIX_20211006_9789004465480_20 9789004465480 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50788 eng History of Metaphysics: Ancient, Medieval, Modern application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9789004465480.pdf https://brill.com/abstract/title/59838 Brill Brill 10.1163/9789004465480 10.1163/9789004465480 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 9789004465480 Brill 1 492 open access
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This study examines the motivations and doctrinal coherence of the Commentary on the Elements of Theology of Proclus written by Berthold of Moosburg, O.P. († c. 1361/1363). It provides an overview of Berthold’s biography and intellectual contexts, his manuscript remains, and a partial edition of his annotations on Macrobius and Proclus. Through a close analysis of the three prefaces to the Commentary, giving special attention to Berthold’s sources, it traces the Dominican's elaboration of Platonism as a soteriological science. The content of this science is then presented in a systematic reconstruction of Berthold’s cosmology and anthropology. The volume includes an English translation of the three fundamental prefaces of the Commentary.. Readership: Students and specialists of medieval philosophy and the history of Platonism, especially those interested in the influence of late-antique Neoplatonism on medieval natural philosophy and theories of contemplation.
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