On Prophecy, Dreams and Human Imagination

Synesius, De insomniis
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-16-152419-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band XXIV, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

Reihe: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia

Synesius' essay De insomniis ('On Dreams') - written soon after 400 AD by a man who was not only a highly educated Greek intellectual but also (in the last years of his life) a Christian bishop of the city of Ptolemais (Cyrenaica) - inquires into the ways and means by which a human being, while sleeping and dreaming, may make contact with higher spheres, and it does so in the light of a clearly recognizable Neo-Platonic concept of the soul and its salvation. Synesius' thoughts are thus an important contribution of Later Antiquity on topics - the place of man within the universe and his means of communication with higher powers - that not only were of high concern for his contemporaries, but still are today for religiously- and philosophically-minded people. Besides introduction and translation (with notes), several essays shed light on the work from the perspective of various disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Russell, Donald A.

Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Bewusstseinszustände Schlaf- und Traumbewusstsein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Russell, Donald A.
Born 1920; professor of classical literature at the Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford; emeritus fellow and former tutor in classics at St John's College, Oxford.

Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther
Geboren 1957; 1976-81 Studium der Klassischen Philologie und der Alten Geschichte an der Universität zu Köln; 1981 Promotion; 1987 Habilitation; 1992-2001 vollamtlicher Professor für Klass. Philologie an der Universität Bern; seit 2001 Universitätsprofessor für Klass. Philologie an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.