Aristotle East and West: Metaphysics and the Division of Christendom.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist leicht berieben, sonst ein tadelloses Exemplar / Only the dust jacket is slightly rubbed, otherwise a pristine copy. - Historians of philosophy have tended to limit the study of Christian philosophy during the Middle Ages to the medieval West. This book presents the thought of the Greek Fathers as a significant and substantial alternative. Focussing on the central issue of the nature of God and the relationship between God�s being and activity, David Bradshaw traces the history of energeia and related concepts from their starting-point in Aristotle, through the pagan Neoplatonists, and into thinkers such as Augustine, Boethius, and Aquinas (in the West) and Dionysius the Areopagite, Maximus the Confessor, and Gregory Palamas (in the East). The result is a powerful comparative history of philosophical thought in the two halves of Christendom, providing a philosophical backdrop to the schism between the eastern and western churches. It will be of wide interest to readers in philosophy, theology, and medieval history. / CONTENTS 1 The Aristotelian beginnings 2 The Prime Mover 3 Between Aristotle and Plotinus 4 Plotinus and the theory of two acts 5 The Plotinian heritage in the West 6 Gods, demons, and theurgy 7 The formation of the eastern tradition 8 The flowering of the eastern tradition 9 Palamas and Aquinas 10 Epilogue. ISBN 9780521828659