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Nicholas of Methone, Reader of Proclus in Byzantium
Context and Legacy
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This volume is the first complete study of the 12th-century CE Byzantine philosopher Nicholas of Methone, offering a critical examination of a key moment in 11th–12th-century Byzantine philosophy. Although traditionally regarded as a polemical commentator on the late Neoplatonist Proclus, this volume highlights Nicholas' substantial contribution to metaphysics and philosophical theology. It also situates his work within the broader intellectual context where Neoplatonism and its relation to Byzantine Christian theology were actively debated. The contributions gathered here are of particular significance for those interested in the Byzantine afterlife of late antique Neoplatonism and its legacy in the later Byzantine tradition and the Renaissance.
Jonathan Greig, Ph.D. (2018), LMU Munich, is Research Associate at HU Berlin and KU Leuven. His most recent monograph is The First Principle in Late Neoplatonism (Brill, 2021), and he has published on other topics in late antique and Byzantine philosophy.
Joshua Robinson, Ph.D. (2014), University of Notre Dame, is Byzantine Studies Librarian at Dumbarton Oaks Library. He has published on Byzantine theology and philosophy.
Dragos Calma, Ph.D. (2008), Sorbonne University, Associate Professor at University College Dublin, directs the ERC Grant NeoplAT: Neoplatonism and Abrahamic Traditions supporting the research and publication of the current volume, of Neoplatonism in the Middle Ages (2 vols), Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes (3 vols), and others.
Joshua Robinson, Ph.D. (2014), University of Notre Dame, is Byzantine Studies Librarian at Dumbarton Oaks Library. He has published on Byzantine theology and philosophy.
Dragos Calma, Ph.D. (2008), Sorbonne University, Associate Professor at University College Dublin, directs the ERC Grant NeoplAT: Neoplatonism and Abrahamic Traditions supporting the research and publication of the current volume, of Neoplatonism in the Middle Ages (2 vols), Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes (3 vols), and others.
1 Introduction
Jonathan Greig and Dragos Calma
2 Ioanne Petritsi between Proclus and Nicholas of Methone
István Perczel with the contribution of Levan Gigineishvili
3 Nicholas of Methone and Ioane Petritsi on Intellect
Lela Alexidze
4 Different Understandings of Proclus’ First Principle(s) in Nicholas of Methone and Ioanne Petritsi
Levan Gigineishvili
5 Nicholas of Methone against Eustratios of Nicaea? On Proclus’ Presence in the Commentary on the Posterior Analytics II
Michele Trizio
6 Standards of Argument in Nicholas of Methone and Proclus: Comparing the Elementatio theologica with Nicholas’ Attempts to Disarm It
Jan Opsomer
7 A Relativistic Approach to Proclus: Nicholas of Methone’s Critique of Elements of Theology § 67–74 (on Parts and Wholes)
Arthur Oosthout
8 Nicholas of Methone on Divine Ideas: Between Proclus and the Early Byzantines
Jonathan Greig
9 The Motion of the Fertile One in Nicholas of Methone and Earlier Sources
Joshua M. Robinson
10 Ontological Foundations and Methodological Applications of Analogy in Nicholas of Methone: An Example of Realism
Christos Terezis and Lydia Petridou
11 12th-Century Philosophers and the Filioque: The Case of Nicholas of Methone’s Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
Alessandra Bucossi
12 Reconsidering Nicholas of Methone’s Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto
13 The Discussion on Participation from Nicholas of Methone to Palamas and His Opponents
The Scholia on Proclus’ Elementatio Theologica in Marcianus gr. 512
Carlos Steel
14 Proclus (and Nicholas of Methone) in the Hesychast Controversy
Börje Bydén
15 Marsilio Ficino and Nicholas of Methone on Platonic Theology
Stephen Gersh
Index
Jonathan Greig and Dragos Calma
Part 1 Nicholas of Methone and His Contemporary Intellectual Context
2 Ioanne Petritsi between Proclus and Nicholas of Methone
István Perczel with the contribution of Levan Gigineishvili
3 Nicholas of Methone and Ioane Petritsi on Intellect
Lela Alexidze
4 Different Understandings of Proclus’ First Principle(s) in Nicholas of Methone and Ioanne Petritsi
Levan Gigineishvili
5 Nicholas of Methone against Eustratios of Nicaea? On Proclus’ Presence in the Commentary on the Posterior Analytics II
Michele Trizio
Part 2 The Refutation and Nicholas’ Other Works
6 Standards of Argument in Nicholas of Methone and Proclus: Comparing the Elementatio theologica with Nicholas’ Attempts to Disarm It
Jan Opsomer
7 A Relativistic Approach to Proclus: Nicholas of Methone’s Critique of Elements of Theology § 67–74 (on Parts and Wholes)
Arthur Oosthout
8 Nicholas of Methone on Divine Ideas: Between Proclus and the Early Byzantines
Jonathan Greig
9 The Motion of the Fertile One in Nicholas of Methone and Earlier Sources
Joshua M. Robinson
10 Ontological Foundations and Methodological Applications of Analogy in Nicholas of Methone: An Example of Realism
Christos Terezis and Lydia Petridou
11 12th-Century Philosophers and the Filioque: The Case of Nicholas of Methone’s Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
Alessandra Bucossi
12 Reconsidering Nicholas of Methone’s Corpus on the Procession of the Holy Spirit
Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto
Part 3 Nicholas of Methone’s Reception and Legacy
13 The Discussion on Participation from Nicholas of Methone to Palamas and His Opponents
The Scholia on Proclus’ Elementatio Theologica in Marcianus gr. 512
Carlos Steel
14 Proclus (and Nicholas of Methone) in the Hesychast Controversy
Börje Bydén
15 Marsilio Ficino and Nicholas of Methone on Platonic Theology
Stephen Gersh
Index
Of special interest for students and researchers of Neoplatonism reception, especially in Byzantium, as well as Byzantine philosophy and intellectual culture in the 11th–12th centuries CE.