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IRENAEUS OF LYONS ERIC OSBORN Honorary Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne and Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CBRU,UK West th Street, New York, NY -,USA Stamford Road, Oakleigh, VIC , Australia Ruiz de Alarc´on , Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town , South Africa http://www.cambridge.org C Eric Osborn This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge Typeface Baskerville Monotype /. pt. System LATEX ε [TB] A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress cataloguing in publication data Osborn, Eric Francis. Irenaeus of Lyons / Eric Osborn. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN (hardback) . Christian saints – France – Lyon – Biography. Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon. I. Title. BR.I O . 0 –dc [B] CIP ISBN hardback Contents Preface page xi List of abbreviations xvi Irenaeus: argument and imagery . Life and work . Irenaeus philosophus? . The unexpected jungle . Source criticism and conceptual bankruptcy . Content, contour and conflict . Truth and beauty: the two criteria . The four concepts . Argument and images PART I DIVINE INTELLECT One God: Intellect and love . Attributes of God: from opulence to omnipresence . Metaphysic of mind . Divine Intellect in Irenaeus . Plotinus . Knowledge, love and unity of the divine Intellect PART II ECONOMY One creator: ut sapiens architectus et maximus rex .
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