Influence Of Greek Philosophy Research Articles

Az abortusz megítélése megítélése az ókeresztény korban

The study aims to prove that the views of the movements fighting for abortion freedom are not at all compatible with the Catholic tradition. It is true that in some early Christian works we come across the view that the foetus only becomes a human when it is formed. However, those statements are all related to that part of the Septuagint that the translators formulated under the influence of Greek philosophy, and they differ significantly from the original Hebrew text. Nowhere in the early Christian writings is there even a faint hint that early abortion was permissible. The foetus was considered as an object of divine providence from its conception; it was believed that the foetus already possessed all the characteristics that would develop later. The applicability and extent of the church punishment for abortion was therefore independent of the stage of pregnancy in which the abortion took place.

Divine attributes in a trinitarian key

The traditional treatment of the divine attributes in theological discourse has been criticised for what some scholars regard as the influence of Greek philosophy, which they argue may result in distorted concepts of the divine. A further development in the doctrine of God is the renewed consciousness of the importance of the doctrine of the Trinity. The purpose of this article is to consider how these developments may impact the doctrine of the divine attributes. Can the doctrine of the Trinity enhance an articulation of the divine attributes? To illustrate the difference that a trinitarian approach to the divine attributes could make, divine omnipotence, as well as the possibility of discovering new attributes will be considered.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article is an intra-disciplinary study with implications for dogmatics or systematic theology. It addresses the doctrine of the divine attributes from a trinitarian perspective. At stake is the impact of different approaches within the same discipline. In this case, the engagement is between a trinitarian versus a classical approach to the study of the divine attributes.

ДИСКУССИЯ О ЛОГОСЕ В ФИЛОСОФИИ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ ФИЛОНА АЛЕКСАНДРИЙСКОГО

The article considers the influence of Greek philosophy on the ideas of the formation of the Hellenistic philosopher Philo of Alexandria. The object of study was the philosophical work of Philo. This study aimed to discover the ambiguity of the term logos as a central concept that defines in Philo's philosophy the relationship between God (the ideal creative teacher) and the world. In the works of Philo, the Logos appears as the highest, sub-divine, infinite power of the mind, which has no signs, but at the same time is identified with God. The transcendental nature of the Logos, embodied in the image of God's mind, in its paradoxical nature closely corresponds to holiness and higher wisdom. The research methodology is based on an interpretation that allows us to define the allegory and, therefore, the real meaning of Philo's philosophy, the central part of which is the philosophical reflection of the Holy Scriptures as the main source of education and the concept of Scripture, undergoing specific and simultaneously incomparable modifications. To identify these meanings, methods of systematization and hermeneutics are used. The result of the study is expressed in identifying various forms of embodiment and educational activity and the Logos.

The Influence of Greek Philosophy on The Development of Arabic Grammar

This paper is intended to disclose the interrelationship between Greek philosophy with the development of nahwu. The research is based on literature data, and the collected data are classified and analyzed using the inductive and comparative method. The research results show that nahwu development is not apart from the influence of philosophy. The interconnection has occurred since the period of al-Muqaffa who has translated many works of Aristotle and Plato which al-Khalil makes as a reference in arranging nahwu principles. The influence of philosophy on nahwu can be identified in two things, which are in methodological and terminological aspects

KONSTRUKSI FILSAFAT ISLAM TERHADAP FILSAFAT YUNANI DAN FILSAFAT BARAT MODERN

In the academic world, there is often debate about the influence of Greek philosophy, Islamic philosophy, and modern Western philosophy on each other. Does Islamic philosophy was influenced by Greek philosophy or vice versa? And does modern Western philosophy influenced by Islamic philosophy or vice versa? This paper aims to discuss the contribution of Islamic philosophy to the existence of Greek philosophy and modern Western philosophy. Through the literature review method, this paper finally resulted in the finding that both Greek philosophers, Muslim philosophers, and Modern Western philosophers had both been teachers and students for each other.

Mormonism and the Possibility of a Materialist Apostasy

The traditional Mormon apostasy narrative tends to associate apostasy at least in part with the influence of Greek philosophy on early church doctrine. This paper considers the possibility that apostasy is more readily identified with the philosophical materialism of the Enlightenment and explores how such a narrative might fit within Mormon thought.

The Influence of Greek Philosophy on The Development of Arabic Grammar

This paper is intended to disclose the interrelationship between Greek philosophy with the development of nahwu. The research is based on literature data, and the collected data are classified and analyzed using inductive and comparative method. The research results show that nahwu development is not apart from the influence of philosophy. The interconnection has occurred since the period of al-Muqaffa who has translated many works of Aristotle and Plato which al-Khalil makes as reference in arranging nahwu principles. The influence of philosophy on nahwu can be identified in two things, which are in methodological and terminological aspects.

A Preliminary Exploration of the Influence of Greek Philosophy on Early Childhood Education: An Application in Hong Kong

The twentieth century saw great hopes but also great failures. Philosophy, however, by its timeless truth, might confront the ever changing fashion by giving people a pointer through its philosophical application in the realm of education. In this paper, the authors argue that many philosophical teachings from the famous Greek philosophers are indeed influential when their teachings are applied to the early childhood classrooms in Hong Kong. Their sphere of influence has extended from the British colonial period to the present era in Hong Kong as far as early childhood education is concerned. For Plato, his theory of Forms and his emphasis on the search of Truth will be compared with Aristotle empiricist views in his study of nature. While analyzing the theory of Forms and the idea of the Good, the authors found that Plato’s approach could be traced back to Xenophanes who proposed a monotheistic theory of God and is religiously related to Christianity. Their applications in the top-down teacher-directed play-based curriculum were valid in the early childhood educational mode during the early colonial period to the 1980s in Hong Kong. Since Aristotle was found to have a different approach to Forms as compared to those of Plato, Aristotle’s argument for Forms was mentioned and its relevancy to the prevalent hybrid mode of the play-work-based curriculum in early childhood education is explored. Following the most recent reform in early childhood education in Hong Kong, free play is recommended in the reform document. Heraclitus’s doctrine of ‘flux’ could apply most suitably in the free play condition as ‘flux’ signifies an ever changing condition just as the nature of free play does. A final touch of this paper is on exploring the divergent views of Plato and Aristotle and their impacts on education today so as to provoke further thoughts of the readers in the areas explored.

Filosof Islam Pertama (Al-Kindi)

This research aims to analyze the first Islamic philosophers (Al-Kindi). Philosophy which developed in the Islamic world is a legacy of Greek philosophy. Many Muslim philosophers took the thoughts of Aristotle, Plato, and Plotinus, so many Greek philosophical theories were taken by Muslim philosophers. It is this influence of Greek philosophy which is the basis of the counter-expression around the problem of philosophy in Islam. The results showed that the birth and development of philosophical thought in Islam was a necessary historical reality because of the interaction that was built between Muslim Arabs with conquered areas (non-Muslim nations), namely the Persians, Indians and especially Greek people. , so Islamic philosophy is said to contain many elements of Hellenism.

Początek i zarys dogmatu o Trójcy

The present article outlines the beginnings of the dogma of one God in three Persons. Albeit its germ was already present in Jesus' teaching, its growth happened in conditions that were sometimes adverse. This is also testified to by the fact that the very notion and word “Trinity” ( Trinitas ) – as one more precise and distinguished from “Triad” ( Trias ) that was a little older – appeared only at the end of the 2 nd century. This development resulted from the Christians' absolute necessity, for they had to find a plane, on which faith in Jesus Christ as God's Son is in accordance with the truth that there is one God. The early twilight, or even disappearance of the Jewish Christianity current that was more sensitive to confessing a strict – that is numerical, and not only qualitative – unity of God, was marked by an influence of Greek philosophy. Its popular form was Middle Platonism combined with Stoicism that was mainly characterized by the teaching about the Word ( ho Logos ), that is a divine intermediate being between God and the world that, by the way, was supposed to be created by Him. Its way to the Biblical theology was cleared by an Alexandrian Jew whose name was Philo, a Jesus's peer, and this way influenced the Christian thought as soon as the middle of the 2 nd century thanks to Justin, and then – to Origen and the Cappadocian Fathers. Even today it is a feature of history of Eastern theology, where the verdict of the First Council of Nicaea is an exception; and the verdict is not without a connection with the thought of Tertullian who worked in the Latin Carthage at the turn of the II and III centuries.

Мутaзилaның тaғдыр мен жaзмыш турaлы көзқaрaстaры

Mutazila representatives of the first major trends in Islamic religious and rational philosophy (Kalam) and freedom of expression. Rationalistic doctrine mutazila appeared in the VIII century among the scientists and theologians of Basra. It was formed under the influence of Greek philosophy and was widely spread among educated Muslim scholars in the cities of the Caliphate, especially in Iraq and Iran. Defending the thesis about the justice of Allah, mutazila rejected the doctrine of complete predestination and defended the thesis on the freedom of human thought and will to commit good and bad deeds. They believed that only divine justice presupposes free will and God's ability to create only "the best", and hence the impossibility of violating them installed from everlasting order of things. This article considers the problem of predestination in mutazila teaching. In Arabic "Kadar" and "qudrat" comes from the same roots. But mutazila considering them as two opposite concept.

The Beginning and Outline of the Dogma of the Trinity

The present article outlines the beginnings of the dogma of one God in three Persons. Albeit its germ was already present in Jesus' teaching, its growth happened in conditions that were sometimes adverse. This is also testified to by the fact that the very notion and word “Trinity” ( Trinitas ) – as one more precise and distinguished from “Triad” ( Trias ) that was a little older – appeared only at the end of the 2 nd century. This development resulted from the Christians’ absolute necessity, for they had to find a plane, on which faith in Jesus Christ as God's Son is in accordance with the truth that there is one God. The early twilight, or even disappearance of the Jewish Christianity current that was more sensitive to confessing a strict – that is numerical, and not only qualitative – unity of God, was marked by an influence of Greek philosophy. Its popular form was Middle Platonism combined with Stoicism that was mainly characterized by the teaching about the Word ( ho Logos ), that is a divine intermediate being between God and the world that, by the way, was supposed to be created by Him. Its way to the Biblical theology was cleared by an Alexandrian Jew whose name was Philo, a Jesus’s peer, and this way influenced the Christian thought as soon as the middle of the 2 nd century thanks to Justin, and then – to Origen and the Cappadocian Fathers. Even today it is a feature of history of Eastern theology, where the verdict of the First Council of Nicaea is an exception; and the verdict is not without a connection with the thought of Tertullian who worked in the Latin Carthage at the turn of the II and III centuries.

Three I know not what:The influence of Greek philosophy on the doctrine of Trinity

This article examines the origins of the traditional or orthodox Trinitarian formula. The main objective is to clarify to what extent the traditional Christian doctrine of the Trinity (Nicene formula) has been influenced by Greek philosophy. Through contemporary theological dialogue on this issue, the research focuses on the comparison between the traditional formulation of the doctrine of Trinity, influenced by Greek philosophy and the biblical revelation of the godhead. The conclusion is that the trinitarian formula might not be a dogmatic teaching, but a mystery (a dehellenisation of the concept of Trinity) and that the Church fathers and the post-Nicene church used the Greek philosophical-theological expressions for Trinity, already present in Scriptures in its doxological and liturgical form, primarily for the purpose of contextualisation.Hierdie artikel ondersoek die oorsprong van die tradisionele of ortodokse trinitariese leerstuk. Die hoofdoel is om uit te vind tot watter mate die tradisioneel Christelike leer oor die Drie-eenheid (Niceense formule) deur die Griekse filosofie beïnvloed is. Deur die hedendaagse teologiese debat oor hierdie onderwerp na te gaan, fokus die navorsing op ’n vergelyking tussen die tradisionele formulering van die leer van die Drie-eenheid soos beïnvloed deur die ortodokse Griekse filosofie en deur die bybelse openbaring van die godheid. Die slotsom waartoe gekom word, is dat die trinitariese formule moontlik nie ’n dogmatiese leerstuk was nie, maar ’n misterie (’n dehellenisering van die Drie-eenheidsbegrip). Die kerkvaders en die post-Niceense kerk het die Griekse filosofies-teologiese uitdrukkings vir die Drie-eenheid, wat alreeds in die Skrif in sy doksologiese en liturgiese vorm voorgekom het, moontlik slegs vir die doel van kontekstualisering gebruik.

Historical dictionary of metaphysics

Historical Dictionary of Metaphysics focuses on metaphysics in Western philosophy, the metaphysical tradition that developed under the influence of Greek philosophy, and especially Plato and Aristotle. It offers a comprehensive, current guide to the many facets of metaphysics through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, people, works, and technical terms. This volume is an invaluable resource for student and scholar alike.

Signs of God: Miracles & Their Interpretation. Mark Corner and How Much Does God Foreknow? A Comprehensive Biblical Study. Stephen C. Roy

Signs of God: Miracles & Their Interpretation. Mark Corner and How Much Does God Foreknow? A Comprehensive Biblical Study. Stephen C. Roy

Homoiosis Theo problemos rabinistiniame ir helenistiniame judaizme

Straipsnyje nagrinėjamos Homoiosis Theo (imitatio dei) - vienos iš populiariausių religijos ir filosofijos kategorijų - problemos; šis antikos filosofų iškeltas tobulo gyvenimo idealas, paplitęs tiek žydų, tiek graikų kultūrse, leidžia geriau suprasti jų mąstysenos panašumus ir skirtumus. Filono Aleksandriečio egzegezę galima laikyti sinkretizmo tendencijų kulminacija, kurioje gana ryškiai išsiskleidė helenistinio judaizmo bruožai. Skirtingų kultūrų sinkrezės problematika, esminė šiuolaikinėje civilizacijoje, straipsnyje tyrinėjama vienu iš savo ankstyvųjų pavidalų.

Muslim geographic thought and the influence of Greek philosophy

The Arabs acquired Greek geographical and astronomical knowledge in the eighth century, when the works of Ptolemy and other Greek philosophers were translated into Arabic. Muslim scholars learned Greek scientific thought and accepted these views as working theories necessary for further scientific inquiry. Muslim scholars were impressed by the Greek point of view, but they added to scientific knowledge in each succeeding generation. In the spirit of objective research, the scientific work of the Muslim scholars was progressive. They were ready to receive the truth from any source, even if that source be foreign. As Western thought became dominant in the Islamic areas in the thirteenth century, Muslim scholars' interest in geography and other natural sciences declined.

The Muslim Attributes and the Christian Trinity

Already in the first part of the eighth century, as one may judge from the reports of teachings to which Wāṣil (d. 748) was opposed, there arose in Islam the belief that certain terms which are attributed to God in the Koran stand for real incorporeal beings which exist in God from eternity. There is nothing in the Koran to warrant such a belief. Nor is there any warrant that at that early stage in the history of Islam the belief originated spontaneously by that kind of reasoning by which later Muslim theologians tried to defend it against opposition. The appearance of that belief at that time can be explained only on the ground of some external influence. Such an external influence could be either Greek philosophy or Judaism or Christianity. Greek philosophy is to be eliminated, for we have the testimony of Shahrastānī that it was not until later, among the followers of Wāṣil, that the problem of attributes came under the influence of Greek philosophy. And so also must Judaism be eliminated, for the kind of Judaism with which Islam was in direct contact at that time contained nothing in its teachings which could have inspired that new belief. By a process of elimination it is to be assumed that Christianity was that external influence.

Lawā'iḥ: a treatise on Ṣūfism By … Jāmī. Facsimile of an old MS., with a translation by E. H. Whinfield, M.A., and Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḳazvīnī, and Preface on the Influence of Greek Philosophy upon Ṣūfism. (Oriental Translation Fund, New Series, vol. xvi: Royal Asiatic Society, 1906.)

Lawā'iḥ: a treatise on Ṣūfism By … Jāmī. Facsimile of an old MS., with a translation by E. H. Whinfield, M.A., and Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḳazvīnī, and Preface on the Influence of Greek Philosophy upon Ṣūfism. (Oriental Translation Fund, New Series, vol. xvi: Royal Asiatic Society, 1906.)