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David Pareus de Creatione ex Nihilo
David Pareus, German theologian of the 17th century, defined creation as did the scholastics before him. He says: Definitur autem Creatio a theologis scholasticis, quod sit productio seu emanatio toti… more →
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Proclus and Ontology
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Austin wrote 1 month ago: Introductory Remarks Concerning the Ontological Distinction Between the One and the Many: For Proclu … more →
This I Believe
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DSL. wrote 2 months ago: Submitted on October 26, 2005 to the radio essay series This I Believe whose winning entrants have b … more →
David Pareus de Creatione ex Nihilo
Eric Parker wrote 2 months ago: David Pareus, German theologian of the 17th century, defined creation as did the scholastics before … more →
Mmmmm ... religion
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flabbybrain wrote 3 months ago: Back to St. Monica and her son, St. Augustine of Hippo. As long as we’re talking Confessions, I will … more →
A Short Biography of Saint Augustine
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djeter wrote 3 months ago: St. Augustine The following is a reading selection from Samuel Enoch Stumpf’s classic history of phi … more →
Plato's Theism and Martyr's Humanism
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Eric Parker wrote 5 months ago: The Medieval world knew Aristotle from the translations of Boethius and the Muslim commentators, all … more →
Plotinus and the Degrees of Being Conception: Ennead V ii, 1
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kvond wrote 7 months ago: Ennead V ii, 1: On the Genesis and Order of Things Following The Proto The Hen is all things but n … more →
The Natural Desire for the Vision of God and the Convergence of the Sciences
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Eric Parker wrote 8 months ago: After reading de Lubac and some of his critics I still think the best interpretation of Thomas … more →
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kennyrobertson wrote 9 months ago: The Church Fathers, pt (iv). From ‘The Story of Christian Theology’, Olsen, IVP. Prol … more →
Voluntarism vs. Intellectualism
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Michael wrote 9 months ago: Graham has an interesting post up on viewing the history of philosophy in oppositional dualisms. One … more →
Hymn to the Muses by Proclus
The Eclectic Pythagorean wrote 1 year ago: TO THE MUSES That light uplifting, light of men, I sing, Nine sweet-voiced daughters of the All-Migh … more →
The Chaldean Oracles
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The Eclectic Pythagorean wrote 1 year ago: The Chaldean Oracles Edited and translated by Thomas Stanley MONAD, DYAD, TRIAD Where the paternal m … more →
Al-Kindi
The Eclectic Pythagorean wrote 1 year ago: Article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Al-Kindi First published Fri Dec 1, 2006 Abu Yu … more →
Plotinus : the Ethical Treatises
The Eclectic Pythagorean wrote 1 year ago: Plotinus : the ethical treatises, being the treatises of the first Ennead, with Porphyry’s Lif … more →
The Heart Squares Off Against the Cheaters
Patricia Roy wrote 1 year ago: Today, my EN101 class discussed the essay “Too Much Pressure” by Colleen Wenke, which sp … more →
Is Christian Theology Influenced by Pagan Philosophy?
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Carl Gobelman wrote 1 year ago: Plato and Aristotle Question: Has Neo-Platonic influences on Christianity corrupted our theology? … more →
Day 39: Finding God after a Long Search
keithmajor wrote 1 year ago: Augustine, wanted to be a committed Christian, but he couldn’t get to resolve one issue in his life, … more →
For Those Interested In Aquinas's Doctrine of God
Eric Parker wrote 1 year ago: This looks to be a promising read and a great resource for understanding Aquinas’s philosophic … more →
Slightly, Re-evaluating Descartes
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kvond wrote 1 year ago: The Flexed Lens of Hyperbolic Doubt, as it Imaginatively Focuses the MInd Instead of seeing Descar … more →
