Christian metaphysics and neoplatonism

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These aspirations amounted to a fundamental reorientation of human life in politics, religious, science, and philosophy. Understanding the nature and achievement of that reorientation became the central task of Christian Metaphysics and by: Arguing that Camus was one of the great critics of modernity through his attempt to disentangle the Greeks from the Christians, Srigley clearly demonstrates the place of Christian Metaphysics in Camus’ oeuvre.

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Albert Camus, Ronald Srigley (Introduction) Rating details 29 ratings 2 reviews. Contemporary scholarship tends to view Albert Camus as a modern, but he himself was conscious of the past and called the transition from Hellenism to Christianity the true and only turning point in history/5.

Born in in Algeria, Albert Camus was a French novelist, dramatist, and essayist. He was deeply affected by the plight of the French during the Nazi occupation of World War II, who were subject to the military's arbitrary whims. Understanding the nature and achievement of that reorientation became the central task of Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism.

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Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism Introduction: Greco-roman --> Christian transition: "In this world, in which the desire for God is getting stronger, the problem of the Good loses ground" (42). "Greece is continued in Christianity. And Christianity is prefigured in Hellenic thought" (43).

Incarnation. Saint Augustine, in generating his Christian metaphysics, attests to the importance of Neoplatonism but Camus argues that Neoplatonism itself grew out of the encounter with Christianity: it was an effort within the Greek ethos to take seriously Christianity’s passionate provocations and to counter the appeal of the new religion.

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Throughout The Myth of SisyphusCamus alternates between the position of rejecting apocalyptic aspirations and recognizing their importance as a measure of truth. Albert Camus, Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism.

Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism is an important contribution to the study of Camus as well as to the disciplines of religion, philosophy, literature, and political theory. In addition to offering a fresh and literal translation of this neglected but critically important work by Camus, Ron Srigley also provides an introduction that places the work in the context of Camus’ life and thought.

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