Folia Theologica 19. (2008)

Perendy László: Judging Philosophers - Theophilus of Antioch on Hellenic inconsistency

JUDGING PHILOSOPHERS 193 matter is also God, and say that matter was coeval with God [cf. Diels, Dox. 567, 13; 588, 1718.] But if God is uncreated and matter is uncre­ated, then according to the Platonists God is not the Maker of the uni­verse, and as far as they are concerned the unique sovereignty of God is not demonstrated. Furthermore, as God is immutable because he is uncreated, if matter is uncreated it must also be immutable, and equal to God; for what is created is changeable and mutable, while the un­created is unchangeable and immutable." (II 4) Ti 5è ©(péÀ,qaev nAcrucova q xax' aùxôv naiSeia, q xoùç X,oi- tioùç (piAoaôcpaoç xà | Sóypaxa aùx©v (ïva pq xôv àpi0pôv aùxffiv KaxaAiyœ, noXX(ûv ovxcov); Taùxa 5é cpapev eiç xô ÉTuSeî^ai xqv àvœcpeXq Kaî a0eov Siavoiav aùxœv. "And what did Plato's form of education avail him? What did their doctrines avail the other philosophers - not to list the whole number, since there are so many? We say these things to demonstrate their use­less and godless notions." (Ill 2) 0eoùç yàp cpqaavxeç eívai náAxv eiç oùSèv aùxoùç qyqGavxo. Oi pèv yàp èE, àxopcùv aùxoùç ëcpaoav ouveoxavai qô’ aù ycopeîv eiç àxôpouç, Kaî pqSèv TiXeîov àv0p©7tœv SùvacGai xoùç 0eoùç tpaaiv. I Uàxcov 5é, èeoùç eirabv eîvai, ùâxkoùç aùxoùç ßobXexai ouviGxav. "After saying that gods exist, once more they reduced them to noth­ing. For some said that they were composed of atoms, or on the other hand that they return to atoms [Diels, Dox. 589,8]; and they say that the power of the gods is no greater than that of men. Plato, who said that gods exist, wanted them to consist of matter." (Ill 7) nXaxoov 8è, ô xooaùxa eincov Ttepi povapyiaç 0eoù Kai \j/t>xqç àv0pdû7to-o, (páGKCov á0ávaxov eîvai xqv tj/u/qv, oùk aùxôç ùxe- pov eùpioKexai èvavxia eaux© Xéyrov, xàç pèv \|/uxàç pexépxec- 0ai eiç èxépouç àvOpcimouç, évi©v 8è Kai eiç aXoya Ç©a x®peîv (0éÀ.œv); n©ç où Seivôv Kaî à0épixov Soypa aùxoù xoîç ye voùv ëxouoiv (pavqaexai, ïva ö noxe av0p©7ioç ïiàXiv ëoxai àùkoç q kù©v q ovoç q aXXo xi aÂ,oyov Kxfjvoç; Toùxco àKÔÀ.ou0a Kaî nu0ayopaç eùpioKexai (pXuapcov, Tipôç x© Kai rtpovoiav ÈKKÔTixeiv. "And did not Plato, who said so many things about the sole rule of God and about the human soul, saying that the soul is immortal, later

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