Man as a Superior Quality of the Rest of Creation: Human Being and Natural Environment in Gregory of Nyssa

• Authors: Panagopoulos Spyros P.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the treatise on the construction of man De opificio hominis, Gregory of Nyssa ar-gues that man is qualitatively superior to other natural creations of God. Man is created in the image of God, a condition not found, at least explicitly, for other creatures. It is up to him whether he will digest this image in question or not. Despite the superiority attributed to man, it is not claimed in any way that he shall behave towards the rest of nature by a way of domination.

Keywords

EN

Gregory of Nyssa; creation; Christian anthropology; De opificio hominis; teleology; in the Image; in Likeness; Book of Genesis

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-78

Contributors

author

Panagopoulos Spyros P.

• Ionian University (Corfu, Greece)