Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 337 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
Revised edition / by Dylan M. Burns, with Kevin Corrigan, Ivan Miroshnikov, Tuomas Rasimus, and John D. Turner
ISBN:
9789004441712
Serie:
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 98
Inhalt:
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-cannot be understood solely within the conventional history of philosophy, or as the product of a unique, sui generis psychological propensity. This monograph demonstrates that Plotinus tacitly patterned his mystical ascent to the One on a type of visionary ascent ritual that is first attested in Gnostic sources. These sources include the Platonizing Sethian tractates Zostrianos (NHC VIII,1) and Allogenes (NHC XI,3) of which we have Coptic translations from Nag Hammadi and whose Greek Vorlagen were known to have been read in Plotinus's school
Anmerkung:
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 2010, titled The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Dissertation University of Chicago 2010
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9789004441675
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mazur, Zeke, 1969 - 2016 The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism Leiden : Brill, 2021 ISBN 9789004441675
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Plotinus 205-270
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Sethianer
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.1163/9789004441712
Mehr zum Autor:
Corrigan, Kevin 1948-
Mehr zum Autor:
Turner, John Douglas 1938-2019
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