Jorge Filipe Nobre dos Santos Teixeira Lopes, A Ordem do Universo no Séc. XII: Harmonia e Epistemologia na Tradição Neoplatónica, Axioma Studies in Philosophy of Nature and in Philosophy and History of Science 5 (Braga: Axioma - Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia, 2022), https://doi.org/10.17990/Axistudies/2022_05.
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorge Filipe Nobre dos Santos Teixeira Lopes |
| Abstract | This research aims to understand the order of the universe in the twelfth century. With this purpose, we pretend to study the period known as medieval renaissance proposing a possible contribution of the platonism, examining what it offered in terms of a new epistemology of the universe (universitas), and its law of harmony. The argumentation is supported on the cosmology of the Timaeus, which provided a rational Christian theology — the theology of “measure, number and weight” — as well as a mathematical and proportional view of the cosmos. Nonetheless, this intellectual reading overlaps with mystical speculations which are supported by the doctrines of Pseudo-Dionysius, in his analogies between the Creation and the Trinity. Meanwhile, the demand of divine brands in the order of universe provides a link between microcosm and macrocosm which will benefit analogies between the Church, Christ-Man and the Universe, with a consequent valoration of the human dignity. Indeed, combining mystic and rationality, the twelfth century neoplatonism consists in timaic and dionysian ideals that unfolds a new epistemology of the universe. |
| Date | 2022 |
| Language | Portuguese |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.17990/Axistudies/2022_05 |
| Rights | © 2022 Aletheia - Associação Científica e Cultural |
| Place | Braga |
| Publisher | Axioma - Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia |
| ISBN | 978-972-697-360-7 |
| Series | Axioma Studies in Philosophy of Nature and in Philosophy and History of Science |
| Series Number | 5 |
| # of Pages | xviii + 362 |
| Date Added | 12/30/2022, 6:45:01 PM |
| Modified | 12/30/2022, 6:47:45 PM |
