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Work #494 · Late

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

St. Gregory of Nyssa
c. 390 · Greek
Spiritual-allegorical treatise · Cappadocian patristic theology

Gregory of Nyssa's c. 390 foundational mystical-theological reading of Moses — perpetual ascent into God

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Attribute The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis) (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

The perpetual time of mystical ascent (epektasis).

Space

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

The divine darkness of Mt Sinai.

Matter

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

The embodied mystic ascending.

Observer

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

The ascending soul.

Energy

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

Energies of perpetual mystical ascent.

Information

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

Mystical-theological framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

The Life of Moses (De Vita Moysis)

Gregory of Nyssa's perpetual ascent in continuing dialogue with theologies of final beatific vision.