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LOS PADRES CAPADOCIOS Y EL CONCEPTO DE PERSONA
CAPPADOCIAN FATHERS AND THE CONCEPT OF PERSON

Author(s): Luz Marina Barreto
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: Cappadocian fathers; God; Divine Trinity; person; metaphysics; John Zizioulas;

Summary/Abstract: The thought of the Cappadocian fathers is linked to the Trinitarian nature of God. They strive for formulating a definition of divine person. The extent of the Cappadocian notion of person covers two other important ideas which refer to being someone: an ability to be in a fraternal relation with others, and a disposition to enter such a relation voluntarily. The Christian idea of divine person also implicates a concept of infinite dignity. The authoress shows that at the grassroots of the Western concept of person, associated with human inalienable rights, there are ceratin metaphysical intuitions.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-64
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Spanish
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