Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
знания о сущем
English translation:
ontology
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Andrei Zolotukhin
Jun 30, 2010 18:35
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знания о сущем
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This is from a work on Byzantine missionaries. Multitran has "creation" but somehow I think there must be a more specific term, perhaps originating in philosophy, that indicates "everything that exists." Spasibo zaranee.
Коль скоро никакого другого смысла, кроме военно-политического, в христианизации варваров не виделось, то обращение их "просто так" невольно воспринималось с некоторым подозрением. В конце концов, православие являлось одним из тех особых "знаний о сущем", которыми, с точки зрения ромеев, неразумно было делиться с чужаками!
Коль скоро никакого другого смысла, кроме военно-политического, в христианизации варваров не виделось, то обращение их "просто так" невольно воспринималось с некоторым подозрением. В конце концов, православие являлось одним из тех особых "знаний о сущем", которыми, с точки зрения ромеев, неразумно было делиться с чужаками!
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Jul 15, 2010 16:47: Andrei Zolotukhin Created KOG entry
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Andrei Zolotukhin
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ontology
ὄντος — сущее, то, что существует и λόγος — учение, наука — раздел философии, изучающий бытие (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology)
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existential knowledge
I would translate it this way
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Michael Kislov
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knowledge of things in existence
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можно и "everything that exists"
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можно и "everything that exists"
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Olga Arakelyan
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I think it refers to God
In the Russian tradition God and His names do not always start with a capital letter. Сущий is God and the name refers to the moment when He called himself "I am who I am". So знание о Сущем would be "Knowledge of the Great I am" or something like that
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knowledge of being
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religious wisdom
orthodoxy was a special kind of religious wisdom
Quotes imply metaphorical sense.
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Note являлось одним из тех особых: православие was a special kind of „знаний о сущем“.
Now, what is that, if a special kind of it is orthodoxy? My take is religious wisdom because true wisdom is not a kind of thing you would share carelessly.
So, what we`ve got is the then orthodoxy was a special kind of religious wisdom.
Quotes imply metaphorical sense.
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Note являлось одним из тех особых: православие was a special kind of „знаний о сущем“.
Now, what is that, if a special kind of it is orthodoxy? My take is religious wisdom because true wisdom is not a kind of thing you would share carelessly.
So, what we`ve got is the then orthodoxy was a special kind of religious wisdom.
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a case of episteme or epistemology
epistemology от греч. episteme = сущностное знание. противоположность phronesis = практическое знание. Аристотель подчеркивал различие между этими двумя формами знания, наделяя философов первым, и прочих, например ремесленников, вторым.
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knowing how the world works/ what the world is made of
A a wit, that has truth about "heavenly balance" in the world of strong men, a wit that was explained only to and by the upper class.
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knowledge of the holy/knowledge of the Holy
Just a hunch
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Dylan Edwards
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science of being / science of what is
Далее, еще одной темой беседы стал вопрос о предмете и цели философии. Здесь старец и молодой Иустин, казалось, должны были согласиться друг с другом, ибо последний так определяет философию: она есть «знание о сущем (επιστήμη του οντος) и ведение истины (του αληθούς έπίγνωσιν)»; наградой за такое ведение является «блаженство» (εύδαιμονία).
http://www.gramotey.com/?open_file=1269068034
The Greek equivalent given here is επιστήμη του όντος, which translates literally as "science of being" - or, more precisely, "science of that which exists/is".
For επιστήμη, an old Greek-Russian dictionary (Veisman) gives знание, умение, and (especially when it's knowledge of/about something) наука.
http://www.gramotey.com/?open_file=1269068034
The Greek equivalent given here is επιστήμη του όντος, which translates literally as "science of being" - or, more precisely, "science of that which exists/is".
For επιστήμη, an old Greek-Russian dictionary (Veisman) gives знание, умение, and (especially when it's knowledge of/about something) наука.
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