| Title of the article: |
Grigory Nissky’s texts in an old Russian book-learning and their influence on domestic medieval thought |
| Author(s): |
MILKOV V. V. |
| Section: |
Old Russian Heritage |
| Year: |
2014 |
| Issue: |
№ 2 (32) |
| Pages: |
141-150 |
| Index UDK: |
230.1 |
| Index BBK: |
86.37 |
| Abstract: |
The author introduces the reader to Grigory Nissky’s texts which were found in the composition of Old Russian literature. Particular examples of influence of his works on thinkers of Ancient Russia are reviewed. The author found extractions from Grigory Nissky’s works in Old Russian texts of XII-XIV centuries. Fragments of his compositions are found in additions to the treatises by Ioann Damaskin and in «Dioptre» by Philip Pustynnik. From the point of view of the author these texts were used by representatives of Christianized Neoplatonism. In particular, these ideas were reproduced in the compositions by Kirill Turovsky and in «Paleyia Tolkovayia». The aspiration to show definite ways of distribution of Christianized Neoplatonism in Old Russian culture was the purpose of work. The conclusion was made that the concept of Christianized Neoplatonism in Russian Middle Ages was represented not only in the translations of «Areopagitik» and «Dioptra», but in the texts of such outstanding Christian neoplatonik as Grigory Nissky. |
| Keywords: |
ANCIENT RUSSIA, GRIGORY NISSKY, RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT, CHRISTIANIZED NEOPLATONISM |
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