The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus's Mysticism /

In The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus's Mysticism , Zeke Mazur offers a radical reconceptualization of Plotinus with reference to Gnostic thought and praxis. A crucial element in the thought of the third-century CE philosopher Plotinus-his conception of mystical union with the One-c...

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Main Author: Mazur, Zeke (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies ; 98.

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