" The problem of creation between Origen and Irugena "A comparative critical analytical study"

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مدرس فلسفة القرون الوسطى - قسم العلوم الإجتماعية (شعبة فلسفة) - کلية التربية - جامعة الاسکندرية.

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In this article we will discuss the teachings of the creation of the world and mankind by two of the greatest Christian thinkers of the first millennium, Origen and Erogina. For the first philosopher "Origen" Thinkers and commentators differed on the subject of understanding Origen's thought. Their conclusions varied according to the diversity and breadth of Origen's thought. It seemed to some that it was a philosophical thought with a Platonic curve, and it showed to others the contradiction between the traditional faith of Origen and what they called his philosophical system!! Others believed that Origen's thought contained mystical wisdom ... Some of them distinguished between Origen's impulsive spirit and his apparent spiritual sobriety, but what can be confirmed is that Origen never aimed to build a stable doctrinal system, but rather his orientations were more like an invitation addressed to every soul Humanity to be renewed and elevated through spiritual exercises to sublime levels in spiritual life and intellectual audacity. As for the other Christian philosopher “Erugina,” philosophical thinkers and commentators recognize that he is a strong intellectual and rational philosopher, and he struggles to understand the biblical revelation in terms consistent with the evidence of reason through his author “Taksim.” Nature”, and Erugina makes the bold claim that one need only present the “opinions of the fathers of the saints” where “absolute necessity requires the upholding of human reason for those who, being untrained in it, are more amenable to power with reason.” It is clear from Erugina's thought that the real reason in his book "The Division of Nature" is the differences in the biblical interpretation through his interpretation of various ways of the same truth. It is a self-justification of the authority devoted to educating less important minds in terms of non-judgmental reasoning, and also through his thought of anticipating the many situations and problems facing modern philosophy. And human beings will always be different from God in that they are created and God is the Creator. It can still be said that Erugina truly intends his perfect human nature to possess divine qualities in a truly divine way and this is shown by looking at the philosophical studies of Christian Platonism.

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