Չարիքի Եզնիկեան Վերլուծութիւնը
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1971
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The Armenian mind of the fifth century A.D. engrossed itself with the perennial question of evil, analyzing the causes of its propagation and seeking the proper counterchecking means. A distinguished metaphysician the century witnessed, Yeznik of Koghp, presented a special study of evil, in which he exhibited vast erudition and a scientific approach marked by a peculiar militancy leveled against his opponents, especially, Greek philosophers; meanwhile, he never departed from the principles of logic and argumentation.
Quite in line with the Socratic tradition, Yeznik considered evil as a derangement of established laws--- divine or human, universal or local. The good is given to men proportionate to his personal endeavor or activity.
The institutions of a penal code ensues the category of evil. Punishment is not only retribution, but also an educative means of the removal of evil.
In his analysis of evil, Yeznik deals with the matter of theodicy. He is not prepared to accept determinism, as such a position would render inconsequential man’s emancipatory efforts and possible conquest of evil. Yeznik’s conception of the theodicy is coupled with his interpretation of human volitional freedom.
Yeznik examines human freedom from different points of view: theological, psychological, moral-philosophical, and legalistic.
He believes that evil can be conquered and that man can attain perfection; therefore, he sees in man’s experiential reality discernibel milestones of the realization of such ideals.
Yeznik’s metaphysical-sociological interpretation of evil is evidently not confined to moralistic abstraction; it contributes to the development of a redemptive ideology. Such an interpretation or analysis is intended to be compatible with Christian monotheism and man’s struggle for freedom.
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Խրլոբեան, Գ., «Չարիքի Եզնիկեան Վերլուծութիւնը», Հայկազեան Հայագիտական Հանդէս, 1971, Պէյրութ, էջ 145-169