Исследование рецепции паламизма в русской мысли начала XX в.: Вопрос о философском статусе паламизма и варлаамизма, его решения и контекст

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4: История. Регионоведение. Международные отношения. 2018. Т. 23. № 5. С. 34–47.

Biriukov D.

The purpose of this article is to trace two lines of interpretation of the philosophical status of Palamism and Barlaamism in the context of the Name-Glorifiers’ dispute in Russian thought of the early 20th century. One line, proposed by Fedor Uspensky, associated Palamism with Aristotelianism and nominalism, and Barlaamism – with Platonism and realism. The other, formulated by Mitrofan Muretov, on the contrary, associated Palamism with Platonism, and Barlaamism – with nominalism. The article explores the development and the transformation of these lines in the course of the Name-Glorifiers dispute. Although Anthony Bulatovich did not speak about the philosophical qualifications of Palamism and Barlaamism, he recaptured Palamism, put forward the doctrine of forms in the context of the doctrine of Onomatodoxy, and polemically attributed Barlaamite position to his opponents. Sergey Troitsky, opponent of the Onomatodoxy, criticized Bulatovich’s doctrine of forms and returned the accusation of Barlaamism to him, linking it to Platonism, partly following Fedor Uspenskiy in this scheme. Vladimir Ern and Pavel Florenskiy, on the basis of their own philosophical attitudes and acting as apologists for Onomatodoxy, developed Muretov’s understanding. The article shows that these opposing interpretations of the philosophical foundations of Palamism and Barlaamism are based on various passages from The Synodikon of the Sunday of Orthodoxy in the edition by Fedor Uspensky.

Keywords: Platonism, платонизм, Павел Флоренский, метафизический реализм, Metaphysical realism, Palamism, Byzantine Platonism, платонизм и русская философия, the Name-Glorifiers dispute, Pavel Florenskij, паламизм, имяславие, Антоний Булатович