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Angels in Medieval Philosophy Inquiry. Their Function and Significance, Isabel Iribarren, Martin Lenz (Ed.) (2008) 29-44

Deplatonising the Celestial Hierarchy. Peter John Olivi's interpretation of the Pseudo-Dionysius

Sylvain Piron 1, 2

(2008)

A major question underlies any discussion of angels in medieval theology : should the intellectual substances of Greek philosophy be identified with Biblical angels ? While Thomas Aquinas gives a clear positive answer, Albertus Magnus and Peter John Olivi opt for the negative. For Albertus, the distinction is necessary for the sake of the philosophical enquiry on the natural world ; for Olivi, this is a theological requirement, meant to suppress all natural mediations between God and the human world. This perspective leads him to a radical decision in his interpretation of the pseudo-Dionysian Celestial Hierarchy ; all that is said there on the circulation of divine illumination only refers to the diffusion of heavenly glory, and has nothing to do with the natural state of angels.

1 :	Groupe d'anthropologie scolastique/Equipe CRH (GAS-CRH)
	École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS] – CNRS : UMR8558
2 :	Centre de recherches historiques (CRH)
	CNRS : UMR8558 – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales [EHESS]

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Philosophie

Mots-Clés : Angels – scholasticism – Albertus Magnus – Thomas Aquinas – Peter John Olivi – Pseudo-Dionysius

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