eprintid: 35519
rev_number: 20
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datestamp: 2024-10-24 12:40:32
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creators_name: Rohstock, Max
title: How Evil Happens to Be: Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite on the Origin of Evil
subjects: ddc-100
subjects: ddc-230
subjects: ddc-480
subjects: ddc-880
divisions: i-70100
cterms_swd: Neuplatonismus
cterms_swd: Dionysius <Areopagita>
cterms_swd: Das Böse
cterms_swd: Pronoia
cterms_swd: Existenzphilosophie
abstract: In monistic metaphysics like that of Dionysius, in which the absolute One/Good is conceived as the sole principle, “evil” (κακόν/kakon) does not seem to fit in. Hence, there have been numerous attempts to locate evil within the Dionysian ontology. To research it is obvious that evil cannot be an ontological category at all. Rather, it is a purely ethical concept that points to the existential philosophical orientation of Dionysian thought. Dionysius emphasizes our own responsibility: we as human beings are the reason for the realization of evil. But how does the Good as the sole principle fit into this scheme? If the Good is nothing other than omnipotence, how can the genesis of evil be explained? In this paper, I wish to demonstrate that Dionysius answers these questions through a concept adapted from Proclus: the concept of πρόνοια.
date: 2024
publisher: Universitätsbibliothek
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00035519
ppn_swb: 1907320970
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-355199
language: eng
bibsort: ROHSTOCKMAHOWEVILHAP
full_text_status: public
place_of_pub: Heidelberg
pagerange: 1-16
citation:   Rohstock, Max  (2024) How Evil Happens to Be: Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite on the Origin of Evil.    pp. 1-16.      
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/35519/7/How_Evil_Happens_to_Be_Rohstock.pdf