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The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism / Zeke Mazur

Burns, Dylan M. [HerausgeberIn] ; Corrigan, Kevin *1948-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Miroshnikov, Ivan *1986-* [HerausgeberIn] ; Rasimus, Tuomas [HerausgeberIn] ; Turner, John Douglas *1938-2019* [HerausgeberIn]

Revised edition / by Dylan M. Burns, with Kevin Corrigan, Ivan Miroshnikov, Tuomas Rasimus, and John D. Turner

Englisch

Leiden ; Boston : Brill [2021], [2021]

1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 337 Seiten)

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 2010, titled The Platonizing Sethian Gnostic background of Plotinus' mysticism

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Druck-Ausgabe- Mazur, Zeke *1969-*: The Platonizing Sethian background of Plotinus's mysticism. - Leiden : Brill, 2021. - XVII, 337 Seiten

Dissertation, University of Chicago, 2010

978-90-04-44171-2 electronic book

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-04-44167-5 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1163/9789004441712

*Plotinus *205-270* / Sethianer

*Philosophy

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: D16.8

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 901;

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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

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