The Effable and the Ineffable : : The Linguistic Boundaries of Metaphysical Realism / / Christos Yannaras, Andreas Andreopoulos.

• VerfasserIn: Yannaras, Christos,; Andreopoulos, Andreas,
• TeilnehmendeR: Andreopoulos, Andreas,
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : : Winchester University Press,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 pages)

'What is the criterion of truth?', asks Christos Yannaras in The Effable and The Ineffable: The Linguistic Boundaries of Metaphysical Realism. Christos Yannaras is a Greek philosopher, Eastern Orthodox theologian and author of more than fifty books which have been translated into many languages. He is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens. Of The Effable and The Ineffable, Archbishop Rowan Williams says: 'Christos Yannaras is one of the most original and revolutionary thinkers of modern Europe, and in this arresting, demanding book he sets out his vision of how a post-truth society might rediscover the reality of shared meaning and the hope of authentic life. Bringing the Greek Fathers into dialogue with the foremost thinkers of modernity, he gives us a comprehensive picture of what "logos" really means and why it matters.' Rowan Williams The Effable and The Ineffable: The Linguistic Boundaries of Metaphysical Realism is a title in the Winchester Modern Orthodox Dialogues. Modern Orthodox Dialogues examine the theological and cultural conversations currently taking place within the Orthodox Christian world. Modern Orthodox Dialogues also examine conversations between Orthodox Christianity and Western Christianity. The series aims to facilitate additional conversations and avenues of communication between the East and the West. For this reason, the series presents and highlights established Orthodox Christian thinkers whose thought is not known in the West. Winchester Modern Orthodox Dialogues promote new approaches and new voices to contribute to continuing conversations within Christianity. The Dialogues are edited by Andreas Andreopoulos.

Table of Contents

The Editor's Introduction ix -- The Translator's Note xv -- The Author's Preface xxi -- 1. The Role of Language in Real and Illusory Experience 1 -- 2. Intellectual Idols: Confusing Signifiers and Signifieds 7 -- 3. Relationships: Experience and Symbolism 10 -- 4. Linguistic Meaning as a 'Passage to The Prototype' 18 -- 5. The realism of consistent apophaticism 25 -- 6. Created and uncreated-logos and person 30 -- 7. The call of Logos and relationships possessing logos 36 -- 8. Revelation: experience and language 40 -- 9. Natural Ontology and relational ontology 54 -- 10. The distinctiveness of the human being 66 -- 11. The 'logical' implications of signifying what lies beyond: Part A 70 -- 12.The 'logical' implications of signifying what lies beyond: Part B 78 -- 13. A Relation-centred knowledge of physics and metaphysics 85 -- 14. The difficulty of delineating a metaphysical ontology 101 -- 15. The metaphysical locus of the logos-possessing subject 108 -- 16. The existential potential of the personal hypostasis 115 -- 17. Freedom is also the cause of nothingness 123 -- 18. What is signified by 'future judgment' 130 -- 19. The ontological meaning of grace 136 -- 20. Proofs, feelings and symbols 145 -- 21. The legal jurisdiction of metaphysics 154 -- 22. Sexuality and its eschatological consequences 162 -- 23. Freedom and the theory of evolution 170 -- 24. Neurotic Metaphysics 181 -- Bibliography 191 -- Index.