Neoplatonic demons and angels.
Neoplatonic Demons and Angels is a collection of eleven studies which examine, in chronological order, the place reserved for angels and demons not only by the main Neoplatonic philosophers (Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus), but also in Gnosticism, the Chaldaean Oracles, Christian Neopla...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition ; 20 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | [S.l.] : : BRILL,, 2018. |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- The Daimon and the Choice of Life in Plotinus’ Thought / Thomas Vidart
- The Angels in Ancient Gnosis: Some Cases / Madeleine Scopello
- Demons and Angels in the Chaldaean Oracles / Helmut Seng
- What is a Daimon for Porphyry? / Luc Brisson
- Porphyry of Tyre on the Daimon, Birth and the Stars / Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
- Daimones in Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs / Nilufer Akcay
- Evil Demons in the De Mysteriis / Seamus O’Neill
- Proclus’ Critique of Plotinus’ Demonology / Andrei Timotin
- The Angels in Proclus: Messengers of the Gods / Luc Brisson
- Ontology, Henadology, Angelology / Ghislain Casas
- Dionysius the Areopagite on Angels / Marilena Vlad
- Back Matter
- Index.