Today we cover Lossky’s book Image and Likeness and see the Orthodoxy theology of man and the outworking of the Orthodox doctrine of anthropology. In contrast to the West, the anthropology flows directly from the Triadology and Christology: this means our anthropology is specifically a revealed anthropology, and not a doctrine of philosophical speculation, although […]
What are the central differences between Latin and Eastern theology? Is there are common thread of difference that gives rise to two different approaches to divinity, knowledge, revelation and eschatology? Yes, I argue. I discuss Augustine, Aquinas, absolute divine simplicity as borrowed from Aristotle and Plato, the Logos, the Greek triad, I Am as “pure being,” Anselm, the analogia entis/chain of being, apophatic theology, theosis, created grace, divine energies, divine ideas, and the supposed ‘beatific vision.’
Having explored a good bit of Plato, we move to his greatest student, Aristotle to understand his metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and civil polity. What about universals and particulars? Can we make use of Aristotle’s “god,” the unmoved mover? What are the flaws and problems in his thought? Are there dialectical tensions in Aristotle? The full video and archives can be obtained by subscribing to JaysAnalysis at the PayPal links below.
