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Title of the article: |
THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF “DIOPTRA” BY PHILIP MONOTROPOS: ONTOLOGICAL ORIGINALITY |
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Author(s): |
Vladimir V. Milkov |
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Information about the author/authors |
Vladimir V. Milkov — DSc in Philosophy, Chief Reseach Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Goncharnaya St., 12/1, 109240 Moscow, Russia. E-mail: dr_milkov@mal.ru |
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Section |
Theory and history of culture |
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Year |
2017 |
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Volume |
Vol. 47 |
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Pages |
Pp. 8-26 |
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Received |
October 10, 2017 |
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Date of publication |
March 15, 2018 |
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Index UDK |
008 + 82(091) |
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Index BBK |
71.0 + 83.3(0)4 |
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Abstract |
The author focuses on the anthropological problems in “Dioptra” by Philip Monotropos. This treatise contains the postulates, reflecting the influence of christianized Neoplatonism. From this perspective, Philip does not consider the body and soul as antagonistic principles but regards the two-part nature of man as a harmonious unity. The author also illustrates the influence of humoral theory on anthropological subjects of “Dioptra” allowing conclusions that Philip Monotropos was not a supporter of the conception of free will and interpreted the problem of moral choice from the position of determinism. “Dioptra” also contributed to the respect for the individual, quite rare fact in Christian booklore, influencing the formation of the national consciousness in the age of the battle of Kulikovo. Extracts from the 5th word of “Dioptrа” are provided in the appendix. |
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Keywords |
Ancient Russia, Religious philosophy, anthropology, Dioptra, Philip Monotropos, Christianized Neoplatonism. |
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References |
1 Bezobrazova M. V. Zametki o Dioptra [Notes about Dioptra]. Zhurnal ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya, 1893, no 11, pp. 27–47. (In Russian) 2 Bezobrazova M. V. Poslanie mitropolita Nikifora [Message of the metropolitan Nikifor]. Izvestiya otdeleniya russkogo yazyka i slovesnosti, 1908, vol. III, no 4, pp. 1080–1085. (In Russian) 3 “Dioptra” Filippa Monotropa: antropologicheskaya entsiklopediya pravoslavnogo Srednevekov'ya [“Dioptra” of Philip Monotropos: anthropological encyclopaedia of the orthodox Middle Ages], the publication was prepared by G. M. Prokhorov, Kh. Miklas, A. B. Bil'dyug. Мoscow, Science Publ., 2008. 733 p. (In Russian) 4 Prokhorov G. M. “Dioptra” Filippa Pustynnika — “Dushezritel'noe zertsalo” [“Dioptra” by Philip Monotropos — “Mirror of souls”]. Russkaya i gruzinskaya srednevekovye literatury [Russian and Georgian medieval literatures]. Leningrad, Science Publ., 1979, pp. 143–166. (In Russian) |
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