Open AccessThe importance of the works of Professor of the Kiev Theological Academy Epiphanovich S.L. in the study of the work of Christian Neo-Platonist Maxim the Confessor
Author(s) -
Yu.P. Chornomorets
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2008.45.1908
Subject(s) - maxim , platonism , philosophy , work (physics) , classics , theology , epistemology , history , engineering , mechanical engineering
Maxim the Confessor (580–662) is an outstanding thinker, Christian follower of the tradition of the last ancient Neo-Platonists. Historical and philosophical study of the work of Maxim the Confessor is relevant given its central role in Eastern Christian Neo-Platonism.
In this article, we aim to carry out a historical and philosophical analysis of the research of Maxim Confessor's work by a prominent Kiev patron of the early 20th century. S. L. Epifanovich, specifically focusing on the experience of reconstruction of the philosophical and theological system of Maxim, carried out by this researcher.