Basic Philosophical texts in Medieval Serbia
Апстракт
Medieval Serbian philosophy took shape mostly through the process of translating Byzantine texts and revising the Slavic translations. Apart from the Aristotelian terminological tradition, introduced via the translation of Damascene's Dialectic, there also was, under the influence of the Corpus Areopagiticum and ascetic literature, notably of John Climacus' Ladder, another strain of thought originating from Christian Platonism. Damascene's philosophical chapters, or Dialectic, translated into medieval Serbian in the third quarter of the fourteenth century, not only shows the high standards of translation technique developed in Serbian monastic scriptoria, but testifies to a highly educated readership interested in such a complex theologico-philosophical text with its nuanced terminology. A new theological debate about the impossibility of knowing God led to Gregory Palamas' complex text, The Exposition of the Orthodox Faith. Philosophical texts were frequently copied and much worked on... in medieval Serbia, but it is difficult to infer about the actual scope of their influence on the formation and articulation of the worldview of medieval society. As a result of their demanding theoretical complexity, the study of philosophy was restricted to quite narrow monastic, court and urban circles. However, the strongest aspect of the influence of Byzantine thought on medieval society was the liturgy as the central social event of the community. It was through the liturgy that the wording of the translated texts influenced the life of medieval Serbian society.
Кључне речи:
medieval Serbian philosophical legacy / Byzantine philosophy / terminology / translation schools / medieval Serbian society / liturgyИзвор:
Balcanica, 2008, XXXIX, 79-102Издавач:
- Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Балканолошки институт САНУ / Institute for Balkan Studies SASATY - JOUR AU - Milosavljević, Boris PY - 2008 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/4281 AB - Medieval Serbian philosophy took shape mostly through the process of translating Byzantine texts and revising the Slavic translations. Apart from the Aristotelian terminological tradition, introduced via the translation of Damascene's Dialectic, there also was, under the influence of the Corpus Areopagiticum and ascetic literature, notably of John Climacus' Ladder, another strain of thought originating from Christian Platonism. Damascene's philosophical chapters, or Dialectic, translated into medieval Serbian in the third quarter of the fourteenth century, not only shows the high standards of translation technique developed in Serbian monastic scriptoria, but testifies to a highly educated readership interested in such a complex theologico-philosophical text with its nuanced terminology. A new theological debate about the impossibility of knowing God led to Gregory Palamas' complex text, The Exposition of the Orthodox Faith. Philosophical texts were frequently copied and much worked on in medieval Serbia, but it is difficult to infer about the actual scope of their influence on the formation and articulation of the worldview of medieval society. As a result of their demanding theoretical complexity, the study of philosophy was restricted to quite narrow monastic, court and urban circles. However, the strongest aspect of the influence of Byzantine thought on medieval society was the liturgy as the central social event of the community. It was through the liturgy that the wording of the translated texts influenced the life of medieval Serbian society. PB - Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts T2 - Balcanica T1 - Basic Philosophical texts in Medieval Serbia SP - 79 EP - 102 IS - XXXIX DO - 10.2298/BALC0839079M UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4281 ER -
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Milosavljević, B.. (2008). Basic Philosophical texts in Medieval Serbia. in Balcanica Belgrade : Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.(XXXIX), 79-102. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839079M https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4281
Milosavljević B. Basic Philosophical texts in Medieval Serbia. in Balcanica. 2008;(XXXIX):79-102. doi:10.2298/BALC0839079M https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4281 .
Milosavljević, Boris, "Basic Philosophical texts in Medieval Serbia" in Balcanica, no. XXXIX (2008):79-102, https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0839079M ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_4281 .