Christian Philosophy in the Patristic and Byzantine Tradition
Basil, N Tatakis, George, Dion Dragas (Editor)
Publisher: Orthodox Research Institute
ISBN: 1933275162
DDC: 281
Edition: Paperback; 2007-08-30
Summary:
Tatakis is a real master of thought, a "philosopher who theologizes,"
or, putting it otherwise, a philosopher who takes theology seriously
and brings out its insights dressed in philosophical form. The result
is indeed a most fruitful synthesis of philosophy and religion; a
philosophy of religion, or more accurately, a religious philosophy.
It is a Christian philosophy, which is possible, because this is
indeed the legacy of Byzantium, that priceless alabaster of Eastern
Orthodox Christianity of which Tatakis has been a key exponent and
interpreter. It is precisely this Greek Orthodox Christian synthesis
that this volume explains in a straightforward, comprehensive and
profound way. This work is a real companion to Tatakis' earlier work
on Byzantine Philosophy, laying the emphasis on the content of
Byzantine thought and its characteristic religious bent, Greek
Orthodox Christianity, as distinct from its history and literature,
which are more typical of the earlier work. There are certain
overlaps between the two books, but this one brings out more clearly
the Greek Orthodox theological dimension in Tatakis' thought which
deserves to be explored much more than it has. It reveals the great
soul of this extraordinary man who is both a philosopher and a man of
faith and theology; and who, in spite of the exigencies of life (as
he describes them very movingly in his last and most interesting book
- the book of his life - published posthumously in 1993), has left us
the strength and the aroma of the Greek Orthodox spirit and nobility.
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