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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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Study One.The Controversy over the Generation of Matter in Plotinus:The Riddle Resolved?
- Study Two.The Riddle of the Partly Undescendend Soul in Plotinus: The Gnostic/Hermetic Path of the ὁμοούσιος
- Study Three. A Doctrinal Evolution in Plotinus? The Weakness of the Soul in Its Relation to Evil
- Study Four. A New Sign of the Impact of the Quarrel against the Gnostics on Plotinus’Thought: Two Modes of Reascent in (VI ) and (VI )
- Study Five. A New Type of Causality: Plotinian Contemplative Demiurgy
- Study Six. New Reflections on God as CAUSA SUI in Plotinus and Its Possible Gnostic Sources
- Works Consulted
- Index Nominum.