Did Eustathius the Philosopher Become Eustathius of Sebastea? A Contribution to Federico Fatti’s Hypothesis
dc.contributor.author | Przyszychowska, Marta | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-28T12:10:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-02-28T12:10:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.description.abstract | In 2009, Federico Fatti published a hypothesis that Eustathius the Philosopher, described by Eunapius, converted to Christianity and became bishop of Sebastea and master to Basil the Great. In my article I present Fatti’s hypothesis and solve three important problems that he left unclear: the place of birth of two Eustathiuses, the problem of Letter 35 by Julian and the mystery of the year 358, when Eustathius of Sebastea was already bishop and Eustathius the Philosopher is believed to have been sent by the emperor to Persia despite his Hellenic faith. When those issues that could challenge Fatti’s thesis have been clarified, his claim, I think, gains plausibility close to certainty. The identification of two Eustathiuses helps explain certain mysteries in the life of Eustathius the Philosopher and some peculiar features of the ascetic movement initiated by Eustathius of Sebastea. It is also a milestone in understanding the teaching of the Cappadocian Fathers as it provides us with a direct link between them and Neoplatonism and more specifically its Syrian branch initiated by Iamblichus. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Research subsidized with state budget funds under the programme of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Poland entitled “National Programme for the Development of the Humanities”, project number NPRH/U22/SN/507048/2021/11; the amount of subsidy from the Ministry of Education and Science: 978 469,22 PLN | |
dc.identifier.citation | "Vox Patrum", 2024, T. 91, s. 541-561 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.31743/vp.17118 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2719-3586 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/8388 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wydawnictwo KUL | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Eustathius the Philosopher | |
dc.subject | Eustathius of Sebastea | |
dc.subject | Basil of Caesarea | |
dc.subject | Eunapius | |
dc.subject | Neoplatonism | |
dc.subject | asceticism | |
dc.title | Did Eustathius the Philosopher Become Eustathius of Sebastea? A Contribution to Federico Fatti’s Hypothesis | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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