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Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium
Context and Legacy
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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 11thâ12th-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.
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.
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.
1 Introduction
âJonathan Greig and Dragos Calma
2 Ioanne Petritsi between Proclus and Nicholas of Methone
âIstván Perczel with the contribution of Levan Gigineishvili
3 Nicholas of Methone and Ioane Petritsi on Intellect
âLela Alexidze
4 Different Understandings of Proclusâ First Principle(s) in Nicholas of Methone and Ioanne Petritsi
âLevan Gigineishvili
5 Nicholas of Methone against Eustratios of Nicaea? On Proclusâ Presence in the Commentary on the Posterior Analytics II
âMichele Trizio
6 Standards of Argument in Nicholas of Methone and Proclus: Comparing the Elementatio theologica with Nicholasâ Attempts to Disarm It
âJan Opsomer
7 A Relativistic Approach to Proclus: Nicholas of Methoneâs Critique of Elements of Theology §â¯67â74 (on Parts and Wholes)
âArthur Oosthout
8 Nicholas of Methone on Divine Ideas: Between Proclus and the Early Byzantines
âJonathan Greig
9 The Motion of the Fertile One in Nicholas of Methone and Earlier Sources
âJoshua M. Robinson
10 Ontological Foundations and Methodological Applications of Analogy in Nicholas of Methone: An Example of Realism
âChristos Terezis and Lydia Petridou
11 12th-Century Philosophers and the Filioque: The Case of Nicholas of Methoneâs Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
âAlessandra Bucossi
12 Reconsidering Nicholas of Methoneâs Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
âCarmelo Nicolò Benvenuto
13 The Discussion on Participation from Nicholas of Methone to Palamas and His Opponents
The Scholia on Proclusâ Elementatio Theologica in Marcianus gr. 512
âCarlos Steel
14 Proclus (and Nicholas of Methone) in the Hesychast Controversy
âBörje Bydén
15 Marsilio Ficino and Nicholas of Methone on Platonic Theology
âStephen Gersh
Index
âJonathan Greig and Dragos Calma
Part 1 Nicholas of Methone and His Contemporary Intellectual Context
2 Ioanne Petritsi between Proclus and Nicholas of Methone
âIstván Perczel with the contribution of Levan Gigineishvili
3 Nicholas of Methone and Ioane Petritsi on Intellect
âLela Alexidze
4 Different Understandings of Proclusâ First Principle(s) in Nicholas of Methone and Ioanne Petritsi
âLevan Gigineishvili
5 Nicholas of Methone against Eustratios of Nicaea? On Proclusâ Presence in the Commentary on the Posterior Analytics II
âMichele Trizio
Part 2 The Refutation and Nicholasâ Other Works
6 Standards of Argument in Nicholas of Methone and Proclus: Comparing the Elementatio theologica with Nicholasâ Attempts to Disarm It
âJan Opsomer
7 A Relativistic Approach to Proclus: Nicholas of Methoneâs Critique of Elements of Theology §â¯67â74 (on Parts and Wholes)
âArthur Oosthout
8 Nicholas of Methone on Divine Ideas: Between Proclus and the Early Byzantines
âJonathan Greig
9 The Motion of the Fertile One in Nicholas of Methone and Earlier Sources
âJoshua M. Robinson
10 Ontological Foundations and Methodological Applications of Analogy in Nicholas of Methone: An Example of Realism
âChristos Terezis and Lydia Petridou
11 12th-Century Philosophers and the Filioque: The Case of Nicholas of Methoneâs Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
âAlessandra Bucossi
12 Reconsidering Nicholas of Methoneâs Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
âCarmelo Nicolò Benvenuto
Part 3 Nicholas of Methoneâs Reception and Legacy
13 The Discussion on Participation from Nicholas of Methone to Palamas and His Opponents
The Scholia on Proclusâ Elementatio Theologica in Marcianus gr. 512
âCarlos Steel
14 Proclus (and Nicholas of Methone) in the Hesychast Controversy
âBörje Bydén
15 Marsilio Ficino and Nicholas of Methone on Platonic Theology
âStephen Gersh
Index
Of special interest for students and researchers of Neoplatonism reception, especially in Byzantium, as well as Byzantine philosophy and intellectual culture in the 11thâ12th centuries CE.