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Filosofie [Middeleeuwse ] --- Medieval philosophy --- Middeleeuwse filosofie --- Philosophie médiévale --- Philosophy [Medieval ] --- Philosophy, Medieval --- Psellus, Michael. --- Byzantine Empire --- Empire byzantin --- Civilization --- Historiography --- Civilisation --- Historiographie --- 930.21 MICHAEL PSELLUS --- Scholasticism --- Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--MICHAEL PSELLUS --- Psellus, Michael --- Psell, Mikhail --- Psellus, Constantinus --- Psello, Michele --- Psellos, Michaēl --- Psellus, Constantine --- Psellos, Michał --- Psel, Mikhail --- Psel, Mihailo --- Ψελλός, Μιχαὴλ --- Psellos, Mihail --- Psellos, Konstantine --- -Civilization --- Philosophy, Medieval. --- 930.21 MICHAEL PSELLUS Historiografie. Geschiedenis van de geschiedwetenschap--MICHAEL PSELLUS --- Philosophie médiévale --- Byzantium (Empire) --- Vizantii︠a︡ --- Bajo Imperio --- Bizancjum --- Byzantinē Autokratoria --- Vyzantinon Kratos --- Vyzantinē Autokratoria --- Impero bizantino --- Bizantia --- Historiography. --- Michael Psellus --- Psellos, Michel
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This book is a philosophical interpretation of Michael Psellos' Chronographia , an acknowledged masterpiece of Byzantine literature. Anthony Kaldellis argues that although the Chronographia contains a fascinating historical narrative; it is really a disguised philosophical work which, if read carefully, reveals Psellos' revolutionary views on politics and religion. Kaldellis exposes the rhetorical techniques with which Psellos veils his unorthodoxy, and demonstrates that the inner message of the text challenges the Church's supremacy over the intellectual and political life of Byzantium. Psellos consciously articulates a secular vision of Imperial politics, and seeks to liberate philosophy from the constraints of Christian theology. The analysis is lucid and should be accessible to anyone with a general knowledge of Byzantine civilization. It should interest all who study the history of ancient and medieval philosophy.
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