Exploring Gregory of Nyssa
Subtitle: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780198826422
Subjects: Gregory, of nyssa, saint, approximately 335-approximately 394
Description: Exploring Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical, Theological, and Historical Studies' brings together an interdisciplinary team of historians, classicists, philosophers, and theologians to offer a holistic exploration of the thought of Gregory of Nyssa. The volume considers Gregory's role in the main philosophical and religious controversies of his era, such as his ecclesiastical involvement in the Neo-Nicene apologetical movement. It looks at his complex relationships-for example with his brother Basil of Caesarea and with Gregory of Nazianzus. Contributors highlight Gregory's debt to Origen, but also the divergence between the two thinkers, and their relationships to Platonism. They also examine Gregory of Nyssa's wider philosophy and metaphysics; deep questions in philosophy of language such as the nature of predication and singular terms that inform our understanding of Gregory's thought; and the role of metaphysical concepts such as the nature of powers and identity.