The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism / / by Alexander J. Mazur ; revised edition by Dylan M. Burns, with Kevin Corrigan [and three others].
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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| Superior document: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; Volume 98 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ;
Volume 98. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The gnostic background of Plotinus's mysticism
- The structure of Plotinus' ascent to mystical union with the One
- The identity of prenoetic and hypernoetic subjects in Plotinus
- "The way of ascent is the way of descent" : the mechanism of transcendental apprehension in Platonizing Sethian Gnosticism
- Conclusion: Dissolving boundaries.