Beyond the Polemics: Freedom and Necessity in Plotinus and St Maximus Confessor
The aim of this paper is to challenge the prevailing polemic between ‘necessary’ emanation and ‘free’ creation. I begin by arguing for the presence of freedom and volition in the emanationism of Plotinus. I then move on to explore the role of necessity in the creationism of Maximus. In both cases, I...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2024
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2024, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-63 |
| RelBib Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBD Doctrine of Creation VA Philosophy |
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