Christos Yannaras speaks with Constantin Sigov
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This article takes the form of an interview between the Greek philosopher Christos Yannaras and the Ukrainian philosopher Constantin Sigov, both of Orthodox tradition. The conversation, conducted in French, explores the relationships between language, philosophy and theology starting from the question of words and their weight of experience. Yannaras develops a reflection on the origins of philosophy in the Greek tradition, the notion of *pneuma*, Athenian democracy as an ethical model, and the relationship between time and eternity drawing on Saint Maximus the Confessor. The theological contribution of this exchange lies in the articulation between personalist ontology, apophaticism inherited from Heraclitus and living ecclesial experience, where the Church Fathers — Isaac the Syrian, Maximus the Confessor, Gregory Palamas — are presented as contemporary interlocutors rather than distant historical references.
This article has not been translated yet — it is available in its French version here.
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