The article provides a classification of different kinds of participation in the conceptual framework by Origen, namely, those of natural participation and those of individual participation. In these concepts, Origen did not always borrow...
moreThe article provides a classification of different kinds of participation in the conceptual framework by Origen, namely, those of natural participation and those of individual participation. In these concepts, Origen did not always borrow from Platonic philosophy – as it was commonly thought. In fact, Origen used as well Aristotelian and other approaches to the universalia and related questions. Keywords participation – divine substance – universals – logoi – theosis In order to identify the logical foundations of Origen's doctrine, this article analyzes the way how Origen employed the concept of participation. This study was carried out as a part of my comprehensive research on the subject of participation and universals in Antiquity and Eastern Christianity,1 which * The present study is a part of a larger project Nr 16-18-10202, " History of the Logical and Philosophical Ideas in Byzantine Philosophy and Theology " , implemented with a financial support of the Russian Science Foundation.
