Lela Alexidze

List of John Benjamins publications in which Lela Alexidze is involved.

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Ioane Petrizi. Kommentar zur Elementatio theologica des Proklos: Übersetzung aus dem Altgeorgischen, Anmerkungen, Indices und Einleitung

Herausgegeben von Lela Alexidze und Lutz Bergemann

Ioane Petritsi, a twelfth-century Georgian philosopher, translated from Greek into Georgian The Elements of Theology of the Neoplatonist Proclus (fifth century) and wrote a Commentary on the entire text, with a preface and a postface. Petritsi tried to prove the priority of the Proclean One over… read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 47] 2009. vi, 418 pp.

Articles

Alexidze, Lela 2017 The Supreme One: Its Transcendence and Its ‘Kataphatic’ Characteristics in Ioane Petritsi’s Philosophy Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 20, Baumbach, Manuel und Olaf Pluta (Hrsg.), pp. 63–86 | Article

In the prologue to his Commentary on Proclus’ Elements of theology Ioane Petritsi, Georgian Neoplatonist of the twelfth century, argues that the main subject of Proclus’ Elements is the theory of the supreme One. In Petritsi’s opinion, Proclus’ merit was to elaborate the philosophy of the… read more

Alexidze, Lela 2015 Porphyry’s Definitions of Death and their Interpretation in Georgian and Byzantine Tradition Bochumer Philosophisches Jahrbuch für Antike und Mittelalter: Band 18, Baumbach, Manuel, Burkhard Mojsisch und Olaf Pluta (Hrsg.), pp. 48–73 | Article

Beginning from Plato, there exists a philosophical tradition, which interprets philosophy as preparation for death. However, for Plato the death of a philosopher does not necessarily imply death in its ordinary meaning, but rather a spiritual way of life maximally free from corporeal affections.… read more

Alexidze, Lela 2002 Dionysius Areopagita in den mittelalterlichen Kommentaren zur Elementatio theologica des Proklos Selbst Singularität Subjektivität: Vom Neuplatonismus zum Deutschen Idealismus, Kobusch, Theo, Burkhard Mojsisch und Orrin F. Summerell (Hrsg.), pp. 111–130 | Article