Arakel Syunetsi

Arakel Syunetsi
Armenian:	Առաքել Սյունեցի
Russian:	Аракел Сюнеци
Born:	1350
Died:	1425
Description: Poet, philosopher, musician, clergyman.

Biography

Was born in 1350.

Education

• Received educated at Tatev University and was a pupil of Hovnan Vorotnetsi and Grigor Tatevatsi.

Work activity

• Was awarded the degree of Archimandrite (Vardapet).
• From 1407 - Bishop of Syunik.

Other

• The poem “Adam's Book” (1403) became the culmination of his literary work.It is about a lost paradise, a lost human happiness. The work casts doubt on religious dogma.The book consists of three poems.It is considered to be one of the best works of medieval Armenian literature.Some verses from the Adam Book were set to music.There is also an English translation.
• According to him, there are four elements which base the diversity of the world.
• Defended the Cosmic Evidence Tethis of God's existence, adhered to sensualistic and nominalistic ideas.
• Seperated sensual and natural stages of knowledge.
• Conducted a wide scientific and educational activities in Tatev.
• Wrote many eulogies dedicated to the saints of the Armenian Church.
• Classificated human cognitive abilities, forms of knowledge, art and philosophy inspired by David Anhaght.
• He believed that social-ethical issues come from the freedom of will, i.e. every bad and good deed is a consequence of the freedom of a man's will.
• Was a poet-musician and a great connoissuer of the medieval Armenian culture.
• Considered the object of grammar neither letter nor sound, but the experience gained by the writer and subjected to the processing of the mind.
• Paid attention to the functioning and structure of the organs of speech.Considering syllables both separately and in coherent speech, he gave their detailed classification for the first time. In his work he distinguished three types of speech - internal, oral and written.Analyzed name, verb and pronoun in details, making many valuable and subtle remarks.
• Was buried in Eghegnadzor.

Images

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  A page from "Adam's Book"

Bibliography

• Առաքել Սյունեցի, Ադամագիրք, 1721, 1799:
• Առաքել Սյունեցի, Դրախտագիրք, 1956:
• Առաքել Սյունեցի, Յաղագս քերականութեան համառաւտ լուծմունք, Լոս Անջելես, 1982 (աշխատասիր. Լ. Խաչերյանի):

See also

• Ով ով է.հայեր (կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ., Հ.1, Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան, 2005:
• Մադոյան Ա., Առաքել Սյունեցի, Ե., 1987:
• Армяне-народ созидатель чужих цивилизаций: 1000 известных армян в мировой истории/С.Ширинян.-Ер.: Авт. изд., 2014, стр.238.
• Абегян М. История древнеармянской литературы. Ер., 1975.
• Аракел Сюнеци и его стихотворения. Исследование и тексты М. Потуряна. Венеция, 1914 (на среднеарм. яз.).
• Аревшатян С.С. Философские взгляды Григора Татеваци. Ер., 1957.
• Видные деятели армянской культуры (V-XVIII века). Ред. Г.Х.Саркисян. Ер., 1982.
• Средневековая армянская лирика. Составление, предисловие и комментарий Л. Мкртчяна. Л., 1972.
• Чалоян В.К. История армянской философии. Ер., 1959.