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The Christology of the First apocalypse of James in the context of the sources of gnosis
Ryneš, Pavel ; Kratochvíl, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Havrda, Matyáš (referee)
The Christology of the First Apocalypse of James in the context of the sources of gnosis is concerned with the third text of the fifth codex from the Nag Hammadi library. The starting point of the thesis is the translation of the text from Coptic to Czech, which is followed by a detailed analysis of the christology presented in the text. The focus is on major christological themes, such as Christ's existence before his descending on earth, his dwelling on earth, his death and salvific role. The next aim of the thesis is to provide the gnostic context of the tractate. The research is focused on valentinian gnosis, because the First apocalypse of James is usually classified as valentinian. The themes treated in more detail are the valentinian protology and the descriptions of the saviour's death in the Nag Hammadi texts. Substantial differences between the individual teachings of the tractates lead to the research of the polemical ambiance in the valentinian movement. Finallly it is shown that besides the reports of heresiologists there is evidence of this polemical enviroment in gnosis from within this movement. This evidence is the First Apocalypse of James.
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Causes of the Creation of the World in Plato's Timaeus
Krása, Ondřej ; Špinka, Štěpán (advisor) ; Karfík, Filip (referee) ; Havrda, Matyáš (referee)
Ondřej Krása, Causes of the Creation of the World in Plato's Timaeus Abstract of the Thesis The aim of the thesis is to explain the causes of the creation of the world in Plato's Timaeus. The causes of the creation of the world are manifold. The Demiurge created the world according to an eternal paradigm. The paradigm of the world is an intelligible animal that encompasses everything that is eternal. The Demiurge is the best of eternal beings and created the world as an image of the entirety of eternal beings. What is then the relationship between the Demiurge, who is reason, and the entirety of eternal beings, that reason can comprehend? Timaeus characterizes the eternal being as having no other relationships than those towards itself. On the contrary, the Demiurge is a being that has constitutive relationships towards the world. The entirety of being that consists of both the Demiurge and that, which is in itself, is therefore a being in which reason relates self-contained relationships of that, which reason can comprehend, towards something else, namely becoming. The world was created in a receptacle as an embodied soul. Each body is a regular geometrical figure with no "matter" inside. Bodies are both in space and they are modifications of space. Souls are in space as well, but their being in space is...
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Boundaries of the self in attic tragedy
Valentinová, Lucie ; Havrda, Matyáš (referee) ; Chlup, Radek (advisor)
¨Těžištěm této práce není attická tragédie, ale artikulace konceptu Já na přelomu archaického a klasického myšlení a hledání možností, které máme při zkoumání Já v cizí kultuře. Řecká dramata přežila dvě a půl tisíciletí díky nadčasové naléhavosti problémů, které dramatizují, a pokud bychom se chtěli dnes věnovat jejich skutečné celostní interpretaci, museli bychom je zkoumat v jejich nesporné umělecké svébytnosti. A to je nárok, který dalece přesahuje ambice této práce. Pokud se však od tohoto rozměru tragédie na chvíli odpoutáme, muzeme se z ní také jako z historického dokladu učit o problému, který je v ní zpracováván: o tom, čím byla pro klasické Řeky lidská bytost a jaké bylo ve světě její místo.
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The Christology of the First apocalypse of James in the context of the sources of gnosis
Ryneš, Pavel ; Kratochvíl, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Havrda, Matyáš (referee)
The Christology of the First Apocalypse of James in the context of the sources of gnosis is concerned with the third text of the fifth codex from the Nag Hammadi library. The starting point of the thesis is the translation of the text from Coptic to Czech, which is followed by a detailed analysis of the christology presented in the text. The focus is on major christological themes, such as Christ's existence before his descending on earth, his dwelling on earth, his death and salvific role. The next aim of the thesis is to provide the gnostic context of the tractate. The research is focused on valentinian gnosis, because the First apocalypse of James is usually classified as valentinian. The themes treated in more detail are the valentinian protology and the descriptions of the saviour's death in the Nag Hammadi texts. Substantial differences between the individual teachings of the tractates lead to the research of the polemical ambiance in the valentinian movement. Finallly it is shown that besides the reports of heresiologists there is evidence of this polemical enviroment in gnosis from within this movement. This evidence is the First Apocalypse of James.
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