What is it about?
Byzantine theology was in the search of a proper logic for the Trinity. Blemmydes's attempt failed but is interesting. The proper logic was allowing some kinds of contradictions, being therefore a paraconsistent one.
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Why is it important?
The mainstream Greek theological current implied a logic which is quite different from the most of the currently familiar logics. It is important, at least, for three areas: 1. development of logic as such, 2. analytical theology and philosophy, and 3. history of the Byzantine civilisation.
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A typo in Syriac: please, correct ܛܡܬܢܝܬܐ to ܛܘܒܬܢܝܬܐ. The further studies must cover both Byzantine logic in Triadology and paraconsistent theories of numbers implied in Byzantine theology in general.
Basil Lourié
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)
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This page is a summary of: Nicephorus Blemmydes on the Holy Trinity and the Paraconsistent Notion of Numbers: A Logical Analysis of a Byzantine Approach to the Filioque, Studia Humana, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/sh-2016-0004.
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