Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics / by Jean-Marc Narbonne.
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 wit...
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| Superior document: | Ancient Mediterranean and medieval texts and contexts |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Medieval philosophy, mathematics, and science.
Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; v. 11. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (164 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| 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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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283161508 9786613161505 9004216391 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Jean-Marc Narbonne. |