Supersapientia : : Berthold of Moosburg and the Divine Science of the Platonists / / Evan King.

• Superior document: History of Metaphysics ; Volume 1
• VerfasserIn: King, Evan, 1906-1968,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: History of metaphysics: ancient, medieval, modern ; Volume 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 478 pages).
• Notes: Includes indexes.

This study examines the motivations and doctrinal coherence of the Commentary on the Elements of Theology of Proclus written by Berthold of Moosburg, O.P. († c. 1361/1363). It provides an overview of Berthold’s biography and intellectual contexts, his manuscript remains, and a partial edition of his annotations on Macrobius and Proclus. Through a close analysis of the three prefaces to the Commentary, giving special attention to Berthold’s sources, it traces the Dominican's elaboration of Platonism as a soteriological science. The content of this science is then presented in a systematic reconstruction of Berthold’s cosmology and anthropology. The volume includes an English translation of the three fundamental prefaces of the Commentary.. Readership: Students and specialists of medieval philosophy and the history of Platonism, especially those interested in the influence of late-antique Neoplatonism on medieval natural philosophy and theories of contemplation.

Table of Contents

Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Life and Contexts -- 2 Toward a Reconstruction of Berthold's Library -- 3 The Commentary on Proclus: Background, Purpose, and Exegetical Methods -- Part 1 Non secundum nos. Platonism as Philosophical Revelation -- Chapter 1 Prologus -- 1 Hermes Trismegistus and Thomas of York -- 2 Hermes Trismegistus and Albert the Great -- 3 Approaching and Entering the House of God -- Chapter 2 Expositio tituli -- 1 Plato's Theorems -- 2 The Three Motions of the Soul -- 3 The Two Orders of Providence -- Chapter 3 Praeambulum libri -- 1 Theology as a Science -- 2 "Our Divinising Theology" -- Part 2 Providere cum diis. The Philosophical Principles of the Expositio -- Chapter 4 Exstasis divini amoris: The Macrocosm -- 1 Plato and Aristotle on the One and the Good -- 2 Creation -- 3 The Trinity and the Gods -- 4 Limit and the Unlimited -- 5 Determination, Generation, and Light -- Chapter 5 Epulatio entis: The Microcosm -- 1 Human Nature and the Spiritual Body -- 2 Between Being and Becoming -- 3 The Goodness of Silence: Deification and Providential Cognition -- Conclusion -- 1 Legacy -- 2 Lady Philosophy's Vesture -- Translation -- Note on the Translation -- Prologue -- Exposition of the Title -- Preamble of the Book -- Bibliography -- Manuscripts -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index of Manuscripts -- Index of Authors (Ancient) -- Index of Authors (Modern).