Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-20326-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Band 11, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Reihe: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition

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.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Greek philosophy, in the history of religion and early Christianism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Narbonne, Jean-Marc

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Narbonne, Jean-Marc
Jean-Marc Narbonne, Ph.D. (1988) in Philosophy at the Sorbonne, is Professor of Philosophy at Laval University (Quebec). He has published extensively on the Neoplatonic tradition, including Levinas and the Greek Heritage (2006); Hénologie, ontologie et Ereignis: Plotin – Proclus – Heidegger (2001); and La métaphysique de Plotin (2001).