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  • In his last comment therein, directed to me, the Orthodox theologian-in-training "Photios" Jones wrote words between quotation marks are mine:

    Archive 2007-02-01 Mike L 2007

  • It is authored primarily by Daniel "Photios" Jones and Perry Robinson, graduate students in theology and philosophy respectively, with whom I have had regular interaction both here and at Fr.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Mike L 2007

  • In his last comment therein, directed to me, the Orthodox theologian-in-training "Photios" Jones wrote words between quotation marks are mine:

    The filioque issue narrowed Mike L 2007

  • It is authored primarily by Daniel "Photios" Jones and Perry Robinson, graduate students in theology and philosophy respectively, with whom I have had regular interaction both here and at Fr.

    Not talking about God Mike L 2007

  • And it is the same three ways of understanding genera (and species) terms that are discussed by Arethas in his commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge, but are also hinted at in Photios™ treatise Various Questions for Discussion on Genera and Species (= Amphil. 77) as well as in Psellos™ paraphrase of Aristotle's De interpretatione.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

  • Photios seems to have hosted some kind of literary salon in his home in the 850s or 860s, and similar gatherings, where philosophical and other essays were read and discussed, constituted a central element in early Palaiologan cultural life.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

  • Photios engages in a critical discussion of some of the most central theses in ancient philosophy, such as Plato's conception of forms, whose capacity to function as predicates he rejects, and Aristotle's distinction between primary and secondary substances, which he thinks entails that ˜substance™ is an ambiguous term.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

  • Photios is famous mainly for his Bibliotheke, a vast compilation of ancient Greek literature, and a Lexicon, in which he collected notable words and expressions.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

  • But it is undoubtedly with Photios that we first encounter in Byzantine times a large-scale revival of the study of antiquity and a profound interest in the texts of ancient philosophers.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

  • In the mid-11th to early 12th centuries, there is a significant development from the widely humanistic character of Photios™ and Arethas™ interests towards a new understanding of the philosophical enterprise.

    Byzantine Philosophy Ierodiakonou, Katerina 2008

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