Dissertation committee:
Γεώργιος Αραμπατζής, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, τμ. Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Μάριος Μπέγζος, Καθηγητής, τμ. Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Ευγενία (Βάνα) Νικολαΐδου - Κυριανίδου, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, τμ. Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Βλαχάκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, τμ. Ανθρωπιστικών Επιστημών, ΕΑΠ
Γεώργιος Πολίτης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, τμ. Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Ευάγγελος Πρωτοπαπαδάκης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, τμ. Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Γεώργιος Στείρης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, τμ. Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
The present dissertation focuses on the investigation of philosophical teaching and Byzantine political theory in the work of Nikephoros Blemmydes (1197-1272 A.D.). In particular, in the first part the examination of the philosophical thought of the Byzantine scholar is based mainly on the momentous work of the Epitome Logica as basic textbook of Logic from the Renaissance to the 19th century. Topics of Aristotelian philosophy are developed in a comprehensible and concise way, as they are exhibited in the famous Organ. In parallel Blemmydes formulates and systematizes the fundamental position of the Byzantine (Neoplatonic) philosophical tradition on the problem of the universals. At the same time, elements of Blemmydes' teaching are examined from equally remarkable studies, such as On Virtue and Exercise, On Faith and On the Soul, in which are analyzed issues of epistemology, psychology and ethics. In the second part of the dissertation the research focuses on the effect of classical political thought in Byzantine political theory. The basis of this interpretive approach are the political discourse of Blemmydes called Royal Statue, but also the paraphrase of this text entitled Who should be the king together with the Letters of the Byzantine teacher to his student and Emperor Theodore II Laskaris. The aims of this attempt are to be found the metaphysical preconditions, but also the moral-social convergences and deviations of Byzantine political theology in relation to classical (Platonic & Aristotelian) political thought.
Keywords:
Byzantine Philosophy, Logic, Ontology, Epistemology, Political Theology
