Ever-Moving Repose by Sotiris Mitralexis (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Ever-Moving Repose by Sotiris Mitralexis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Revision of the authors thesis (doctoral)--Freie Universitèat Berlins Institute of Philosophy, 2014. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Sotiris Mitralexis offers a contemporary look at Maximus the Confessors (580-662 CE) understanding of temporality, logoi, and deification, through the perspective of contemporary philosopher and theologian Christos Yannaras, as well as John Zizioulas and Nicholas Loudovikos. Mitralexis argues that Maximus possesses both a unique theological ontology and a unique threefold theory of temporality: time, the Aeon, and the radical transformation of temporality and motion in an ever-moving repose. With these three distinct modes of temporality, a Maximian theory of time can be reconstructed, which can be approached via his teaching on the logoi and deification. In this theory, time is not merely measuring ontological motion, but is more particularly measuring a relationship, the consummation of which effects the transformation of time into a dimensionless present devoid of temporal, spatial, and generally ontological distance--thereby manifesting a perfect communion-in-otherness. In examining Maximian temporality, the book is not focusing on only one aspect of Maximus comprehensive Weltanschauung, but looks at the Maximian vision as a whole through the lens of temporality and motion. Author Biography Sotiris Mitralexis is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the City University of Istanbul and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Winchester. During Lent term of 2017, he was Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and Visiting Senior Research Associate at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the Freie Universitat Berlin and a degree in Classics from the University of Athens. He has taught Philosophy at Boazici University (Istanbul), and in Athens and Berlin. Review ""In this remarkable book, Dr. Mitralexis seeks more than an exposition of a central notion in St. Maximus the Confessors metaphysical vision, but rather a genuine fusion of the horizons, in a Gadamerian sense, so that his understanding of Maximus is informed by the development of a relational ontology by the likes of Zizioulas and Yannaras, whose own thought has been inspired by their reading of Maximus. The result is a bold and original contribution to ontology and metaphysics."" --Andrew Louth, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, Durham University ""This book, written by a young and promising Maximus scholar, is an interesting study of a central set of notions in Maximus writings, namely, the notions of time, the Aeon, and eternity. These notions have been studied by others as well, but never as extensively as by Mitralexis. He finds the roots of Maximus notion of time in Aristotle, but has a quite original hermeneutical approach since he tries to unravel the Confessors philosophy from the vantage point of the Greek modern philosopher Christos Yannaras, thus seeking to make Maximus thought relevant for our own age. The depth of Mitralexis knowledge of the sources and his grasp of modern scholarship on Maximus is impressive. I highly recommend this book."" --Torstein Theodor Tollefsen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo ""This is a really welcome addition to the fast-growing literature on Maximus the Confessor. It is a first-class study of the original texts, but is distinctive in its willingness to bring Maximus thought into fruitful conversation with contemporary philosophical discussions, so that the implications of this study will be of interest to many more than Byzantine specialists."" --Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge Long Description Sotiris Mitralexis offers a contemporary look at Maximus the Confessors (580-662 CE) understanding of temporality, logoi, and deification, through the perspective of contemporary philosopher and theologian Christos Yannaras, as well as John Zizioulas and Nicholas Loudovikos. Mitralexis argues that Maximus possesses both a unique theological ontology and a unique threefold theory of temporality: time, the Aeon, and the radical transformation of temporality and motion in an ever-moving repose. With these three distinct modes of temporality, a Maximian theory of time can be reconstructed, which can be approached via his teaching on the logoi and deification. In this theory, time is not merely measuring ontological motion, but is more particularly measuring a relationship, the consummation of which effects the transformation of time into a dimensionless present devoid of temporal, spatial, and generally ontological distance--thereby manifesting a perfect communion-in-otherness. In examining Maximian temporality, the book is not focusing on only one aspect of Maximus comprehensive Weltanschauung, but looks at the Maximian vision as a whole through the lens of temporality and motion. ""In this remarkable book, Dr. Mitralexis seeks more than an exposition of a central notion in St. Maximus the Confessors metaphysical vision, but rather a genuine fusion of the horizons, in a Gadamerian sense, so that his understanding of Maximus is informed by the development of a relational ontology by the likes of Zizioulas and Yannaras, whose own thought has been inspired by their reading of Maximus. The result is a bold and original contribution to ontology and metaphysics."" --Andrew Louth, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, Durham University ""This book, written by a young and promising Maximus scholar, is an interesting study of a central set of notions in Maximus writings, namely, the notions of time, the Aeon, and eternity. These notions have been studied by others as well, but never as extensively as by Mitralexis. He finds the roots of Maximus notion of time in Aristotle, but has a quite original hermeneutical approach since he tries to unravel the Confessors philosophy from the vantage point of the Greek modern philosopher Christos Yannaras, thus seeking to make Maximus thought relevant for our own age. The depth of Mitralexis knowledge of the sources and his grasp of modern scholarship on Maximus is impressive. I highly recommend this book."" --Torstein Theodor Tollefsen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo ""This is a really welcome addition to the fast-growing literature on Maximus the Confessor. It is a first-class study of the original texts, but is distinctive in its willingness to bring Maximus thought into fruitful conversation with contemporary philosophical discussions, so that the implications of this study will be of interest to many more than Byzantine specialists."" --Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge Sotiris Mitralexis is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the City University of Istanbul and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Winchester. He is the editor of Ludwig Wittgenstein between Analytic Philosophy and Apophaticism (2015), Mustard Seeds in the Public Square (2017), and the forthcoming The Fountain and the Flood and Maximus the Confessor as a European Philosopher (2017). Review Quote "In this remarkable book, Dr. Mitralexis seeks more than an exposition of a central notion in St. Maximus the Confessors metaphysical vision, but rather a genuine fusion of the horizons, in a Gadamerian sense, so that his understanding of Maximus is informed by the development of a relational ontology by the likes of Zizioulas and Yannaras, whose own thought has been inspired by their reading of Maximus. The result is a bold and original contribution to ontology and metaphysics." --Andrew Louth, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Patristic and Byzantine Studies, Durham University "This book, written by a young and promising Maximus scholar, is an interesting study of a central set of notions in Maximus writings, namely, the notions of time, the Aeon, and eternity. These notions have been studied by others as well, but never as extensively as by Mitralexis. He finds the roots of Maximus notion of time in Aristotle, but has a quite original hermeneutical approach since he tries to unravel the Confessors philosophy from the vantage point of the Greek modern philosopher Christos Yannaras, thus seeking to make Maximus thought relevant for our own age. The depth of Mitralexis knowledge of the sources and his grasp of modern scholarship on Maximus is impressive. I highly recommend this book." --Torstein Theodor Tollefsen, Professor of Philosophy, University of Oslo "This is a really welcome addition to the fast-growing literature on Maximus the Confessor. It is a first-class study of the original texts, but is distinctive in its willingness to bring Maximus thought into fruitful conversation with contemporary philosophical discussions, so that the implications of this study will be of interest to many more than Byzantine specialists." --Rowan Williams, Master of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge Details ISBN1532607059 Author Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew ISBN-10 1532607059 ISBN-13 9781532607059 Format Hardcover Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-04-14 Series Veritas DEWEY 115.092 Language English UK Release Date 2017-04-14 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2017-04-14 NZ Release Date 2017-04-14 US Release Date 2017-04-14 Pages 256 Series Number 24 Audience General Publisher Wipf & Stock Publishers Imprint Wipf & Stock Publishers Place of Publication Eugene We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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