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Plato, Numenius and Clement of Alexandria on the divine steersman

Somos, Róbert (2016) Plato, Numenius and Clement of Alexandria on the divine steersman. Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 56 (2). pp. 199-208. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

The paper aims to show that the suggestion of Alain Le Boulluec, delivered in his commentary, according to which Clement’s divine steersman, in Stromateis VII 5, may be a criticism of Numenius, is right. Clement is alluding to the Platonic myth in the Statesman while opposing some elements of this view. There are common moments between Numenius’ and Clement’s interpretations which are not present in Plato’s account. Clement shares only the positive aspect of the activity of the Son of God described by Numenius. He rejects the Numenian dualistic ontology and its consequence, the movement, the division and the split of the second divine figure providing the sequences of providential and non-providential conditions of the world.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: László Sallai-Tóth
Date Deposited: 06 Oct 2017 09:37
Last Modified: 30 Jun 2018 23:16
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/65000

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