stage 10
Neoplatonism and Christianity: Polemics and Influence
To identify the actual historical interconnections, avoiding apologetics from either side.
📖 7 cards reading✦ 3 question◷ ~17 min
Stage tree
Reading
Platonism in Christian Alexandria: Clement and Origen
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Examination: Clement and Origen
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Augustine: Neoplatonism as a Path to Christianity
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Corpus Areopagiticum: Neoplatonism with a Christian Mask
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Maximus the Confessor and John Scotus Eriugena
Question
Verification: Maximus and Eriugena
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Julian the Apostate: An Attempt at Neoplatonic Restoration
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Polemic with Christianity: Porphyry and Celsus
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Examination: Polemic with Christianity
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The Western Middle Ages: Plotinus in the Latin Tradition