Unit:
Department of Philosophy, Pedagogy and PsychologyLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Christopoulos Athanasios
Dissertation committee:
Γεώργιος Αραμπατζής, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ.
Κωνσταντίνος Νιάρχος, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ.
Γεώργιος Στείρης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φιλοσοφίας, ΕΚΠΑ.
Μαντζανάς Μιχαήλ, Καθηγητής Ανωτάτης Εκκλησιαστικής Ακαδημίας Αθηνών, ΕΚΠΑ.
Βλαχάκης Γεώργιος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής - μέλος ΔΕΠ, Σχολή Ανθρωπιστικών Σπουδών,ΕΑΠ.
Παναγιωτόπουλος Ιωάννης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Γενικής Εκκλησιαστικής Ιστορίας, Θεολογική σχολή Αθηνών, Τμήμα Θεολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ.
Κομνηνού Ιωάννα, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Θεολογική Σχολή Αθηνών, Τμήμα Κοινωνικής Θεολογίας και Θρησκειολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ.
Original Title:
Η πορεία προς τη Γνώση σύμφωνα με τον Άγιο Συμεών το Νέο Θεολόγο "Η τροπή των όντων"
Translated title:
The Path to Knowledge, according to Saint Simeon the New Theologian "The Turn of Beings"
Summary:
The modern rhythms of life create an emptiness in man, who, while seemingly having everything, in fact has nothing, has no knowledge even if he acquires as many material goods as he can to cover his ephemeral - pseudo-needs, he will still feel inside that something is missing, an endless void, because he has made no movement, no transgression to acquire true knowledge. The human mind must be changed, drawn, transformed and altered in a good sense, open its spiritual arteries to be able to perceive the knowledge of Simeon.
It is this knowledge that will lead him to bliss to fulfillment and to Τheosis, for St. Simeon it was a path of life, for every person who studies St. Simeon this path to knowledge is possible and can become reality, starting from the way he lives in this world as long as he follows his philosophical - intellectual and logical - research and theological way of thinking.
The development of the work is divided into three main parts, which are interdependent on each other, in the first part there is a brief reference to the term "knowledge". By making a brief historical review, we will arrive at the time of Simeon, the concept of knowledge will be clarified, as well as what it has in common with Platonic Philosophy and the Stoics, and with a younger philosopher Gabriel Marcel, who approaches the thought of St. Simeon. The second part will develop the positions of Saint Simeon regarding creation: man and the world, the body, the soul, and how man escaped from his role and fell into sin, a state that for Simeon is equivalent to "agnosia", i.e. the loss of knowledge. Next, we consider what the results are for man, the state of decay - "agnosia". The third part deals with the path (stages), i.e. the path to overcoming decay, which every man can take in order to acquire knowledge. What is the difference between knowledge for St. Simeon, what is the illumination and intoxication of the Divine Light, through which stages and conditions man passes in order to achieve awareness, i.e. his spiritual progress, what is the "trope of beings", in what way man "changes" is transformed and the mind is transmuted from "humanoid" to "godlike".
In the last part, the conclusions are recorded but also the personality of Simeon the new Theologian is highlighted through his poetic discourse (Appendix), where the Saint meets the Poet and vice versa. The conclusion of the work will briefly include speeches of Saint Simeon in poetic form, texts selected in eight-syllable verse that encompass philosophical reflections with theological clarity and constitute a high level of intellectualism, Byzantine Philosophy.
Main subject category:
Philosophy - Psychology
Keywords:
Gnosis (Knowledge), Simeon the new Theologian, commandments, light, turn, change, lack, Theosis, passions, sin, corruption, prayer, mysticism, poetry, virtues, alteration, Byzantine Philosophy, Theology, Theoptia, union with God.
Number of references:
139
