Maximos the Confessor (580-662) occupies a unique position in the history of Byzantine philosophy; theology; and spirituality. His profound spiritual experiences and penetrating theological vision found complex and often astonishing expression in his unparalleled command of Greek philosophy; making him one of the most challenging and original Christian thinkers of all time. So thoroughly did his thought come to influence the Byzantine theological tradition that it is impossible to trace the subsequent history of Orthodox Christianity without knowledge of his work. The Ambigua (or "Book of Difficulties") is Maximos's greatest philosophical and doctrinal work; in which his daring originality; prodigious talent for speculative thinking; and analytical acumen are on lavish display. In the Ambigua; a broad range of theological topics--cosmology; anthropology; the philosophy of mind and language; allegory; asceticism; and metaphysics--are transformed in a synthesis of Aristotelian logic; Platonic metaphysics; Stoic psychology; and the arithmetical philosophy of a revived Pythagoreanism. The result is a labyrinthine map of the mind's journey to God that figured prominently in the Neoplatonic revival of the Komnenian Renaissance and the Hesychast Controversies of the Late Byzantine period. This remarkable work has never before been available in a critically based edition or English translation.
#3574560 in Books Belknap Press 1971-01-01 1971-01-31Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.54 x 1.72 x 6.59l; 2.44 #File Name: 0674526600658 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Vital Role of White Folks in Undermining Their Own Insane EntitlementsBy Conscientious ConsumerThis is but one of a six-volume compendium of the correspondences of the Caucasian Abolitionist; William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison teamed with the amazing freedman; William Still; in the leadership and courage combine that compelled the Underground Rail Road (U.G.R.R.). Still would quote from Garrison while introducing his own harrowing life in 1872:"Those who come after us seeking information in regard to the existence; atrocity; struggles and destruction of Slavery; will have no trouble in finding this hydra-headed monster ruling and tyrannizing over Church and State; North and South; white and black; without let or hindrance; for at least several generations. Nor will posterity have any difficulty in find the deeds of brave and invincible opposers of Slavery; who in the language of William Lloyd Garrison; declared without concealment and without compromise: 'I am in earnest; I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch--and I will be heard.'"Here; then; is the autobiographical and intimate voice of Garrison in his own words; resounding both the difficulties of contradicting a status quo of human subjugation as well as the predictable struggles for fellowship and companionship well beneath the struggle against chattel slavery in the U.S.A.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Source of Primary Source MaterialBy Enjoys A Good ReadIf you are looking for a good source of primary source documents from William Lloyd Garrison; this is a great source of information. It is written in a way that allows the reader to go directly to the date of interest; as well as providing an extensive index in the back of the book. This book comes in several volumes; and I suggest that the reader be clear on what dates they are interested in. I had volume III and volume V and the critical period of time in abolition history as far as Garrisonian abolition; is from the periods of 1830-1845; which is the period time I was writing about.
