Berthold of Moosburg

Berthold of Moosburg ( † after April 20, 1361 ) was a Neoplatonic oriented philosopher of scholasticism. He belonged to the Order of the Dominicans.

Life

Berthold probably came from Moosburg an der Isar. The date of entry to the Dominican order is unknown. Witnessed it first time around 1318 as Aristotle commentator. 1327 he worked as an editor ( read master ) of the Dominican monastery in Regensburg, 1335-1343, he was reading champion in Cologne convent of his order. When the Dominicans were expelled in 1346 from Cologne, he had to leave the city; He then survived some time in Nuremberg, from 1353 he was back in Cologne.

Work

Berthold is known primarily for his Expositio super elementationem theologicam Procli, which is obtained as a single of his works. This is a detailed commentary on the Stoicheíōsis theologikḗ ( "Foundations of Theology ", latin Elementatio Theologica ) of the late antique Neoplatonic philosopher Proclus. The work of Proclus had become known in the West after William of Moerbeke had it translated into Latin from the Greek in 1268.

A comment Bertholds to Meteorologica of Aristotle is not obtained.

Teaching

In his commentary on Proclus Berthold is strongly influenced by the Neo-Platonic influenced conceptions of the late antique theologian Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. Other authorities, on whose writings he relies, the Dominican Albertus Magnus, Ulrich of Strasbourg and Dietrich von Freiberg. His interest in Proclus refers primarily to the unity of the antique Neoplatonist metaphysics, which he utilized for his Christian theme, the union of the soul with God. The relationship between God - the One of the ancient Neo-Platonism - and the substances of the world he regarded as analogous to the relationship between substance and accident.

Berthold, building on Boethius represents the belief that the person who is undergoing a gradual ascent to God, thereby acquires a divine quality itself; he " is God ", and " every blessed is God". In sharp contrast to the view of Thomas Aquinas writes creatures to properties belonging to Thomas for the privileges of God. So he thinks it possible that a creature that is very close to his divine origin, pure act, although it is different from the Creator. In his view, the manifold can exist only through its participation in the One and only insofar as it at a, be partaking object of knowledge. The knowledge - not only about God, but also about the world - has Berthold a figure of paramount importance; He thinks that man is not only created to attain the knowledge of God, but also to explore the order of the visible world, which is divine by participation in the Divine itself.

Reception

Since prevailed in the Dominican Order in the course of the 14th century, the Aristotelian Thomism oriented, scored Berthold Neoplatonic philosophy no strong aftereffect. There are only two manuscripts of Berthold Proclus comment received, both from the 15th century. Nicholas of Cusa estimated the Proclus comment.

Expenditure

  • Berthold of Moosburg: Expositio super Elementationem theologicam Procli ( = Corpus philosophorum Teutonicorum medii aevi Vol 6), ed. Loris Sturlese et al Vol 6/1: Prologue. Propositions 1-13, Meiner, Hamburg 1984. ISBN 3-7873-0599-8
  • Vol 6/2: Propositions 14-34, Meiner, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-7873-0673-0.
  • Vol 6/3: Propositions 35-65, Meiner, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7873-1560-8.
  • Vol 6/4: Propositions 66-107, Meiner, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7873-1655-8.
  • Vol 6/6: Propositions 136-159, Meiner, Hamburg 2007
  • Vol 6/7: Propositions 160-183, Meiner, Hamburg 2003
  • Bertoldo di Moosburg: Expositio super elementationem theologicam Procli 184-211, ed. Loris Sturlese, Edizioni di storia e letteratura, Rome 1974
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