Nemesius

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Nemesius (circa. A.D. 390), a Christian philosopher, author of a treatise De Natura Hominis ("On Human Nature"), was, according to the title of his book, bishop of Emesa (in Syria). Of his life nothing further is known, and even his date is uncertain but internal evidence points to a date after the Apollinarian controversy and before the strife connected with the names of Eutyches and Nestorius, i.e. about the end of the 4th century. His book is an interesting attempt to compile a system of anthropology from the standpoint of the Christian philosophy. Moses and Paul are put side by side with Aristotle and Menander and there is a clear inclination to Platonic doctrines of preexistence and metempsychosis. In physiological matters he is in advance of Aristotle and Galen, though we can hardly) asserts has sometimes bean thought that he anticipated William Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the blood. The treating is conclusive evidence as to the mutual influence of Christianity and Hellenism in the 4th century. John of Damascus and the school men, including Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas held Nemesius in high esteem, believing his book to be the work of Gregory of Nyssa, with whom he has much in common.

[edit] Editions of Nemesius's De Natura Hominis

Antwerp, 1575; Oxford, 1671; Halle, 1802; Mignes Patrol. Gr. vol. 40. Versions: Latin by Alsanus, ed. Hoizinger (1887); by Burgundio, ed. Burkhardt (1891-1896). M. Morani, Teubner 1987

Literature:

Bender, Untersuch. Liber Nemesius (1898). See further HerzogHauck's Realencyklop,, s.v.

Authors: Nemesius, Bp. o, Gerard Verbeke, J. R. Moncho, in Latin,260 pages,Publication Date: January 1975, ISBN 90-04-04310-1

[edit] Saint Nemesius

Saint Nemesius is Roman Catholic saint, of Alexandria in Egypt, and a martyr. He was brought to court accused of being a thief (through slander), and was later acquitted. Later, in a persecution during the time of the emperor Decius, was denounced as a Christian to a judge Aemilianus. The judge ordered him racked with intense tortures, and burned, alongside accused thieves.

Another Saint Nemesius was one of the seven sons of St. Symphorosa.