Participation in the Divine: A Philosophical History, From Antiquity to the Modern Era

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Edited by Douglas Hedley, University of Cambridge, Daniel J. Tolan, University of Cambridge

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2024
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781009440028
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009440028

Subjects:: History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Religion, Philosophy
Series:: Cambridge Studies in Religion and Platonism

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The concept of participation in a transcendent domain of existence is central to the Platonic and the Judaeo-Christian traditions. It is how thinkers throughout history have justified existence itself, explaining temporal being vis-à-vis God. Yet in the wake of secularisation and the widespread phenomenon of disenchantment, this once ubiquitous and coveted notion has fallen into desuetude. The essays in this volume analyse and explore this key concept in the history of Western thought. They provide, for the first time, a rigorous and accessible account of participation, a pivotal concept in Western philosophy and theology, from antiquity to the modern era. Bringing together contributions by an international team of leading scholars of the Platonic tradition, the volume challenges a standard distinction between philosophy and theology. It also enables a comprehensive understanding of figures who do not fit neatly into the modern university's division of these subjects.

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Participation in the Divine

A Philosophical History, From Antiquity to the Modern Era

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Participation in the Divine
pp i-i

Cambridge Studies in Religion and Platonism - Series page
pp ii-ii

Participation in the Divine - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Contributors
pp vii-viii

Foreword
pp ix-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Introduction
pp 1-17

1 - The Lord Is One
pp 18-38

2 - The Place and Scope of Participation in the Divine in the Thought of Plato
pp 39-70

3 - Origen on Participation
pp 71-85

4 - Forms, Intellects, and Angels
pp 86-98

5 - Participation in the Divine in Gregory of Nyssa
pp 99-127

6 - Augustine’s “Illumination” Theory as the Natural Participation of the Human Mind
pp 128-161

7 - The Principle of Cosmic Unification in the Athenian School of Platonism
pp 162-180

8 - St. Maximus the Confessor on Participation
pp 181-191

9 - Participation in Medieval Platonism
pp 192-219

10 - Participation as God’s Indwelling
pp 220-244

11 - Some Late Medieval Discussions of Participation in the Divine
pp 245-271

12 - Music, Temperance, and Participation in Marsilio Ficino
pp 272-291

13 - Richard Hooker’s Metaphysics of Divine Participation
pp 292-302

14 - The Transcendence of Holiness
pp 303-327

15 - Ralph Cudworth on Causality and Substantial Forms
pp 328-342

16 - The Romantic Legacy
pp 343-363

17 - Participation Revived and Revised
pp 364-381

Index
pp 382-386

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