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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.JefferyAubinÉpicure et Bardesane astrologues: l’exposé de Nicétas au livre VIII des <i>Recognitiones </i>pseudo-clémentineshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/T8F6K44Khttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/T8F6K44Khttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/T8F6K44KApocrypha29201897-111The atomistic theory, in the argument against astrology in Book VIII of the Recognitiones, corresponds very little to the thought of Epicurus, even though the writer of the novel claims to refute him. Scholars explain this discrepancy as a misunderstanding of Greek philosophy by the author of the Recognitiones. However, the theory refuted in Book VIII shares many similarities with the cosmology of the Syrian philosopher Bardaisan. The latter gives an important place to atoms and it is possible that the rejection of the Epicurean system is directed against astral determinism, accepted in part by Bardaisan. The discourse of Nicetas would attempt to overthrow the Bardaisanian idea that inequalities among men are the result of the power of the stars. While the Recognitiones are in agreement with the Syrian philosopher who thinks that the stars have no effect on the free will of man - reproducing his thought in Book IX - they are opposed to the idea that the inequalities among men are the result of astral fatalism. The synthesis of Epicurus and Bardaisan would aim at refuting all determinism, be it Epicurean or Bardaisanian.
Aubin, Jeffery. “Épicure et Bardesane Astrologues: L’exposé de Nicétas Au Livre VIII Des Recognitiones Pseudo-Clémentines.” Apocrypha 29 (2018): 97–111.
Jeffery Aubin, Épicure et Bardesane Astrologues: L’exposé de Nicétas Au Livre VIII Des Recognitiones Pseudo-Clémentines,” Apocrypha 29 (2018): 97–111.BardesanEpicureanismGreek philosophyIV CEIV-VII CENT apocryphaPseudo-Clementinesastrologypolemic