Abstract
The present essay aims first at clarifying Werner Beierwaltes’ understanding of
Neoplatonism at large as the accomplishment of Greek philosophy pursued by
Plotinus and coherently developed by Proclus. It seeks secondly to locate Beierwaltes’
remarkable effort to trace the “Wirkungsgeschichte” of Neoplatonism. Focus has been
placed, thirdly on his understanding of Dionysius Areopagita as the effective mediator
of Neoplatonic issues in the Latin philosophical tradition long before the rediscovery
of Proclus in the 13. century. Beierwaltes’ understanding of Dionysius’ “Christian
Neoplatonism” as a lucky instance of “Hellenization of Christianity” is finally compared
with different exegesis provided by Ivánka and Balthasar in the years immediately
preceding Beierwaltes’ remarkable Proclus-monography of 1965.
Titolo tradotto del contributo | [Autom. eng. transl.] The relationship between Neoplatonism and Christianity according to Werner Beierwaltes using the example of his interpretation of Dionysius Areopagitas |
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Lingua originale | German |
pagine (da-a) | 209-237 |
Numero di pagine | 29 |
Rivista | THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE PLATONIC TRADITION |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2022 |
Keywords
- Werner Beierwaltes – Dionysius Areopagita – Proclus – Christian Neoplatonism – Platonic tradition