Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics

Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 165
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ISBN-10 : 9789004203266
ISBN-13 : 9004203265
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Book Synopsis Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics by : Jean-Marc Narbonne

Download or read book Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics written by Jean-Marc Narbonne and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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).


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