Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics /
The point of view put forth in the following pages differs greatly from the common perspective according to which the treatises 30 to 33 constitute a single work, a Großschrift , and this single work, Plotinus' essential response to the Gnostics. Our perspective is that of an ongoing discussion...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition
11.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2011, ISBN: 9789004222823.
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Call Number: B693.E63 N37 2011
| Summary: | The point of view put forth in the following pages differs greatly from the common perspective according to which the treatises 30 to 33 constitute a single work, a Großschrift , and this single work, Plotinus' essential response to the Gnostics. Our perspective is that of an ongoing discussions with his "Gnostic"-yet Platonizing-friends, which started early in his writings (at least treatise 6), developed into what we could call a Großzyklus (treatises 27 to 39), and went on in later treatises as well (e. g. 47-48, 51). The prospect of an ongoing discussion with the Gnostics bears an additional virtue, that of allowing for a truly dynamic understanding of the Plotinian corpus. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 152 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004216396 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |