Well, this time I am so late to respond to this post that you've already got this week's up. For what it's worth, I've got two points to consider on this passage (the second will be embedded further below where I think it's better placed).
I note the opening sentence found in Taylor never finishes its idea:
"But there is a certain power subordinate to essence, but prior to soul; from essence indeed deriving its being, but perfecting soul, in the same manner as the sun perfects corporeal light."
Do the fine commentators here agree with Murray that this is referring to "Intellectual Nature" and do you feel this is an accurate translation of the Greek? I suppose this is what boccaderlupo refers to by "the various hypostases that exist between..."
I'm less than convinced (purely subjectively, from an inner sweep of what "feels right" [so, take that with a salt-lick]) that "intellectual nature" is what's between Being and Soul, but then again, I'm in preschool. It smacks somewhat of human exceptionalism and a failure of imagination to put intellect at the apex. I'm wondering what purpose this "Intellectual Nature" fulfills, and whether it's not far more MORE than what that term implies.
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Date: 2021-12-29 05:50 pm (UTC)I note the opening sentence found in Taylor never finishes its idea:
"But there is a certain power subordinate to essence, but prior to soul; from essence indeed deriving its being, but perfecting soul, in the same manner as the sun perfects corporeal light."
Do the fine commentators here agree with Murray that this is referring to "Intellectual Nature" and do you feel this is an accurate translation of the Greek? I suppose this is what
I'm less than convinced (purely subjectively, from an inner sweep of what "feels right" [so, take that with a salt-lick]) that "intellectual nature" is what's between Being and Soul, but then again, I'm in preschool. It smacks somewhat of human exceptionalism and a failure of imagination to put intellect at the apex. I'm wondering what purpose this "Intellectual Nature" fulfills, and whether it's not far more MORE than what that term implies.