Six Lectures on Plotinus and Gnosticism

1999
ISBN: 978-0-7923-5648-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 114 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

In this book an attempt is made to single out those elements in the philosophical system of the Enneads that stand apart from the Platonist tradition. On the basis of an extensive analysis of fundamental texts the author shows that what Plotinus had in mind was a quite independent paradigm of metaphysical theology, with at its centre the human person.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sinnige, Th. G.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Emanation.- II Mysticism.- III The Soul’s Return to Her Origin in Alexandrian Literature.- IV The Chronological Development of Plotinus’ Theory of Soul.- V Conversion. The Late Treatises.- VI The Human Person.- Summary.- Selected Bibliography.