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'''Ioane Petritsi''' ({{lang-ka|იოანე პეტრიწი}}) also referred as '''John Petritsi'''<ref>Augustine Casiday, The Orthodox Christian World, p. 544</ref> was a [[Georgians|Georgian]] [[Neoplatonist]] philosopher of the 11th-12th century, active in the [[Byzantine Empire]] and [[Kingdom of Georgia]], best known for his translations of [[Proclus]], along with an extensive commentary. In later sources, he is also referred to as '''Ioane Chimchimeli''' ({{lang-ka|იოანე ჭიმჭიმელი}}). The [[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] describes Petritsi as "the most significant Georgian medieval philosopher" and the "most widely read Georgian philosopher."<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2015/entries/joane-petrizi/|title=Joane Petrizi|last=Iremadze|first=Tengiz|date=2015-01-01|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Fall 2015}}</ref>
'''Ioane Petritsi''' ({{lang-ka|იოანე პეტრიწი}}) also referred as '''John Petritsi'''<ref>Augustine Casiday, The Orthodox Christian World, p. 544</ref> was a [[Georgians|Georgian]] [[Neoplatonist]] philosopher of the 11th-12th century, active in the [[Byzantine Empire]] and [[Kingdom of Georgia]], best known for his translations of [[Proclus]], along with an extensive commentary. In later sources, he is also referred to as '''Ioane Chimchimeli''' ({{lang-ka|იოანე ჭიმჭიმელი}}). The [[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] describes Petritsi as "the most significant Georgian medieval philosopher" and the "most widely read Georgian philosopher."<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2015/entries/joane-petrizi/|title=Joane Petrizi|last=Iremadze|first=Tengiz|date=2015-01-01|editor-last=Zalta|editor-first=Edward N.|edition=Fall 2015}}</ref>
==Life==
==Life==
There is no reliable information on Petritsi's biography except for indirect indications in his own works and a few details provided by the 18th-century Georgian scholarship. He is reported to have been born into an aristocratic family from the province of [[Samtskhe]], and educated at [[Constantinople]] under the tutelage of [[Michael Psellos]] and [[John Italus]]. After the fall of Italus, Ioane seems to have fled to the Georgian monastery of [[Bachkovo Monastery|Petritsoni]] in [[Bulgaria]], whence comes his epithet Petritsi. He translated many philosophical works, principally Neoplatonic, with the aim of reconciling the Classical ideas with the principal message of Christianity. His broad philosophic outlook brought him into collision with the Georgian patristic orthodoxy, until the king [[David IV of Georgia]] eventually established him at [[Gelati Monastery|Gelati Academy]]. He translated [[Aristotle]], Proclus, [[Nemesius]], [[Ammonius Hermiae]], components of the [[Bible]], [[hagiography]], and some other pieces. Of his few original works, an extensive commentary to Proclus and Neoplatonism is the most important. But he also composed ascetic and mystic poetry, and hymns.
There is no reliable information on Petritsi's biography except for indirect indications in his own works and a few details provided by the 18th-century Georgian scholarship. He is reported to have been born into an aristocratic family from the province of [[Samtskhe]], and educated at [[Constantinople]] under the tutelage of [[Michael Psellos]] and [[John Italus]]. After the fall of Italus, Ioane seems to have fled to the Georgian monastery of [[Bachkovo Monastery|Petritsoni]] in [[Bulgaria]], whence comes his epithet Petritsi. He translated many philosophical works, principally Neoplatonic, with the aim of reconciling the Classical ideas with the principal message of Christianity. His broad philosophic outlook brought him into collision with the Georgian patristic orthodoxy, until the king [[David IV of Georgia]] eventually established him at [[Gelati Monastery|Gelati Academy]]. He translated [[Aristotle]], [[Proclus]], [[Nemesius]], [[Ammonius Hermiae]], components of the [[Bible]], [[hagiography]], and some other pieces. Of his few original works, an extensive commentary to Proclus and [[Neoplatonism]] is the most important. But he also composed ascetic and mystic poetry, and hymns.


Both in his philosophy and his literary style, Petritsi had a long lasting influence on Georgian philosophic thought and literature, which became more prominent in the 18th century under the reformist scholar Catholicos [[Catholicos Anton I of Georgia|Anton I]].<ref>Iremadze, Tengiz (2006). [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/joane-petrizi/ Joane Petrizi]. ''[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]''. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.</ref>
Both in his philosophy and his literary style, Petritsi had a long lasting influence on Georgian philosophic thought and literature, which became more prominent in the 18th century under the reformist scholar Catholicos [[Catholicos Anton I of Georgia|Anton I]].<ref>Iremadze, Tengiz (2006). [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/joane-petrizi/ Joane Petrizi]. ''[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]''. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.</ref>

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Ioane Petritsi
Monument of Ioane Petritsi in Tbilisi
Bornc. 11th century
Chimchimi, Meskheti, Kingdom of Georgia
Died12th century
NationalityGeorgian
EraMedieval philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolNeoplatonism
Main interests
Philosophy, literature, poetry, hymns, orthodoxy, translation, mysticism, asceticism, astrology

Ioane Petritsi (Georgian: იოანე პეტრიწი) also referred as John Petritsi[1] was a Georgian Neoplatonist philosopher of the 11th-12th century, active in the Byzantine Empire and Kingdom of Georgia, best known for his translations of Proclus, along with an extensive commentary. In later sources, he is also referred to as Ioane Chimchimeli (Georgian: იოანე ჭიმჭიმელი). The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes Petritsi as "the most significant Georgian medieval philosopher" and the "most widely read Georgian philosopher."[2]

Life

There is no reliable information on Petritsi's biography except for indirect indications in his own works and a few details provided by the 18th-century Georgian scholarship. He is reported to have been born into an aristocratic family from the province of Samtskhe, and educated at Constantinople under the tutelage of Michael Psellos and John Italus. After the fall of Italus, Ioane seems to have fled to the Georgian monastery of Petritsoni in Bulgaria, whence comes his epithet Petritsi. He translated many philosophical works, principally Neoplatonic, with the aim of reconciling the Classical ideas with the principal message of Christianity. His broad philosophic outlook brought him into collision with the Georgian patristic orthodoxy, until the king David IV of Georgia eventually established him at Gelati Academy. He translated Aristotle, Proclus, Nemesius, Ammonius Hermiae, components of the Bible, hagiography, and some other pieces. Of his few original works, an extensive commentary to Proclus and Neoplatonism is the most important. But he also composed ascetic and mystic poetry, and hymns.

Both in his philosophy and his literary style, Petritsi had a long lasting influence on Georgian philosophic thought and literature, which became more prominent in the 18th century under the reformist scholar Catholicos Anton I.[3]

References

  1. ^ Augustine Casiday, The Orthodox Christian World, p. 544
  2. ^ Iremadze, Tengiz (2015-01-01). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Joane Petrizi (Fall 2015 ed.).
  3. ^ Iremadze, Tengiz (2006). Joane Petrizi. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved on 2008-05-22.

Further reading

  • Gigineishvili, Levan (2007), The Platonic Theology of Ioane Petritsi. Gorgias Press, ISBN 1-59333-395-1
  • Gigineishvili, Levan The harmonisation of neoplatonism and christianity in the Gelati monastic school, Annual of Medieval Studies at the Central European University for 1994-1995, 1996, p. 124-139.
  • Iremadze, Tengiz Joane Petrizi, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006
  • Hans-Christian Günther, Die Übersetzungen der Elementatio theologica des Proklos und ihre Bedeutung für den Proklostext, Einige vorläufige Bemerkungen zur Bedeutung von Petrizis Übersetzung der Elementatio für die Textkonstitution, Leyde, E. J. Brill, 2007
  • Lela Alexidze, Ioane Petritsi und die antike Philosophie, Tbilissi, 2008
  • Lela Alexidze & Lutz Bergemann, Ioane Petrizi. Kommentar zur Elementatio theologica des Proklos, Amsterdam, B. Grüner, 2009
  • Lela Alexidze, Griechische Philosophie in den Kommentaren des Joane Petrizi zur Elementatio theologica des Proklos, Oriens Christianus 81, 1997, p. 148-168
  • Chelidze, E. Über das Leben und das Wirken von Ioane Petrizi, In: Religion. 3-4-5, 1994, S. 113–126.
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