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Abstract

In the Byzantine philosophical tradition the three traditional Greek notions of love – ἔρως, ἀγάπη and φιλία – are often being used without being conceptually differentiated one from another. The aim of the present work is to determine the context of the various uses of these terms and the following conceptual analysis has an objective to track the influence of Aristotelian and Thomistic philosophy in Byzantium. Is it possible to talk about a productive reception of “pagan” and “western” philosophy in Byzantium, i.e. is it possible to transform these concepts and integrate them into the framework of Byzantine philosophy? We will try to answer these questions from the perspective of the 14th century Byzantine philosopher and theologian Saint Nicolas Cabasilas, whose unique synthetic thought could serve as a model for the dynamic use of the above mentioned terms.