An Explorer of Realms of Art, Life, and Thought: A Survey of the Works of Philosopher and Theologian Constantine Cavarnos

Publication Data: Belmont, MA: Institute for Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 1985
Format: softcover
Number of Pages: 184
Dimensions (l × w × h): 21.5 cm × 13.9 cm × 1.4 cm
Additional Information: black-and-white illustrations
ISBN: 0‒914744‒70‒4

   
By John E. Rexine

“It has been my good fortune to have known Dr. Cavarnos for over three decades and to have read virtually all of his published work in Greek and English. It has also turned out that I have been the only person to have had the distinction of having reviewed all thirty-three of his books (i.e., all that have been published to date). It seemed, therefore, only appropriate that this collection of reviews be presented to him[...]as he completes a major phase of his professional life and begins another in the country to which he has given so much over the course of his lifetime. [...T]his book will serve as a modest recognition of a lifetime of work ‘eis osmen euodias pneumatikes’ (as an offering of spiritual fragrance).”
—“PREFACE”

CONTENTS

      PREFACE
      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
      INTRODUCTION
PART I
PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS
   1. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN BERGSON, ARISTOTLE, AND PHILOLOGOS
   2. MAN AND THE UNIVERSE IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY
   3. MODERN GREEK PHILOSOPHERS ON THE HUMAN SOUL
   4. BYZANTINE THOUGHT AND ART
   5. MODERN GREEK THOUGHT
   6. PLATO’S THEORY OF FINE ART
   7. PLATO’S VIEW OF MAN
   8. THE CLASSICAL THEORY OF RELATIONS
   9. A DIALOGUE ON G.E. MOORE’S ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY
   10. PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
   11. THE EDUCATIONAL THEORY OF BENJAMIN OF LESVOS
PART II
WORKS ON ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ART, LIFE, AND THOUGHT
   1. BYZANTINE SACRED MUSIC
   2. BYZANTINE SACRED ART
   3. ORTHODOXY IN AMERICA
   4. ANCHORED IN GOD
   5. THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
   6. THE CONVENT OF EVANGELISTRIA
   7. SYMBOLS AND PROOFS OF IMMORTALITY
   8. THE QUESTION OF THE UNION OF THE TWO CHURCHES
   9. GREECE AND ORTHODOXY
   10. THE ORTHODOX TRADITION AND MODERNIZATION
   11. GREEK LETTERS AND ORTHODOXY
   12. ORTHODOX ICONOGRAPHY
   13. WAYS AND MEANS TO SANCTITY
   14. THE FUTURE LIFE ACCORDING TO ORTHODOX TEACHING
PART III
MODERN ORTHODOX SAINTS
   1. ST. COSMAS AITOLOS
   2. ST. MACARIOS OF CORINTH
   3. ST. NICODEMOS THE HAGIORITE
   4. ST. NIKEPHOROS OF CHIOS
   5. ST. SERAPHIM OF SAROV
   6. ST. ARSENIOS OF PAROS
   7. ST. NECTARIOS OF AEGINA
   8. ST. SAVVAS THE NEW
      BIBLIOGRAPHY: WORKS BY CONSTANTINE CAVARNOS
      INDEX