Ioane Petritsi

Ioane Petritsi (Georgian იოანე პეტრიწი; * probably in the 12th century; † later than the early 13th century ) was a Georgian philosopher. He is mainly known for his commentary on the basics of theology of the ancient Neo-Platonist Proclus. He also had a strong influence on the development of the Georgian language and culture.

Life

The traditional school of thought, lived Petritsi the late 11th to the early 12th century, was a disciple of John Italo was first active in Constantinople Opel, then in Petrizonikloster (now Bachkovo Monastery ) in Bulgaria and finally IV in time Dawits the builder in the Academy of Gelati in western Georgia. According to recent research, based on linguistic studies, Petritsi who lived in the second half of the 12th, at the latest at the beginning of the 13th century.

Work

According to the traditional doctrine Petritsi has mainly translated in his time at the academy of Gelati texts of Flavius ​​Josephus and John Sinaites. He is said to have written a Georgian grammar, written hymns and translations from the Bible and have Comments written to.

According to recent research opinion to the effect that he lived about 100 years later, he has revised the existing terms of the Academy of Gelati and in many cases the old terms replaced by your own. This is supported by the fact that in the Georgian literature since the late 12th century pop up a number of new concepts, which are also used Petritsi; these terms could come from him.

He worked as a translator and commentator with Proclus, whose philosophy he represented also. He commented on the basics of the theology of Proclus. He follows Proclus in the reasoning, however, sets priorities. In addition to the relationship between the universal one and the many Petrizis topics are mainly the One as The Good, the types of good, limit and limitlessness that " Henaden " (units), the true being, the levels of knowledge, the spirit, the soul that participation, Pronoia, eternity, time, the cause and the Induced and matter. He used examples from mathematics, physics, logic and music, in order to justify his point of view. In addition, he also commented on other works by Proclus, such as his comments on Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Parmenides and the Platonic Theology. Aristotle, too, is called, but the " Divine " and " theologian " is only for Proclus Petritsi.

After Petrizis conviction which is always a very different and incomprehensible. He compares it with the sun, which illuminates the world. Only in analogy 'll be talking about the one. Petritsi turns against the Stoics and Peripatetics, who want to find the principles and causes of knowledge in the body and in the individual. After Petritsi it is not possible to recognize the One intelligible and from the empirical out.

Petritsi emphasized in the epilogue of his commentary about the correspondence between the Platonic- proklischen philosophy and biblical- Christian tradition. However, his statements indicate that he was oriented more to Proclus than to the Christian tradition. Evidence for this are:

• One is the top hypostasis for Petritsi.
• Petritsi hardly talks about the will of God. The creation seems to be an ontological necessity.
• Petritsi says nothing about the incarnation of God.
• Matter is the lowest level of the effect of the One.
• The fall he interpreted also as an ontological necessity.
• Petritsi does not appear in the resurrection of the whole man, that is, the soul and the body to believe.
• The world is just as eternal as for Proclus for Petritsi.