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The Platonizing Sethian Background of Plotinus's Mysticism
Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface to the Present Volume -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Editor's Note on References, Editions, and Translations -- Abbreviations -- Tables -- Author's Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Gnostic Background of Plotinus's Mysticism -- 1 Th...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston
: BRILL
, 2020
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| Series: | Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6372546 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Intro -- Contents -- Editor's Preface to the Present Volume -- Author's Acknowledgments -- Editor's Note on References, Editions, and Translations -- Abbreviations -- Tables -- Author's Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Gnostic Background of Plotinus's Mysticism -- 1 The Fundamental Problem of Plotinian Mysticism -- 2 Problems with the Prior Scholarship on Plotinian Mysticism -- 3 Platonizing Sethian Visionary Ascent and the Historical Context of Plotinian Mysticism -- 4 The Current State of the Research -- Chapter 2 The Structure of Plotinus's Ascent to Mystical Union with the One -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phase A: Catharsis -- 3 Phase B: Mystical Self-Reversion -- 4 Phase C: Autophany -- 5 Excursus: A First Meditation on the Identity of the Mystical Subject -- 6 Phase C2: Self-Unification -- 7 Phase D: Annihilation -- 8 Excursus: Second Meditation on the Identity of the Mystical Subject -- 9 Excursus: On Beauty -- 10 Phase E: Union with the One -- 11 Vision and Light -- 12 Ennead VI.9[9].11.22-25 [See Complete Passage in Appendix A8] -- 13 Ennead VI.7[38].36.10-26 [Appendix A16] -- 14 Ennead V.3[49].17.28-38 [Appendix A19] -- 15 Excursus on V.3[49].17-28 -- 16 Ennead V.5[32].8.18-21 [Appendix A12] -- 17 Convergence of Center-Points -- 18 Sexual Intercourse -- 19 Excursus on VI.7[38].35.23-32 -- 20 Rapture or Spatial Displacement -- 21 Excursus on VI.7[38].35.36-40 -- 22 Excursus on VI.7[38].36.15-18 -- 23 Cultic Praxis -- 24 Phase E2: Desubjectification -- 25 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Identity of Prenoetic and Hypernoetic Subjectsin Plotinus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Plotinian Ontogenesis -- 3 The Identity of the Hypernoetic Subject with the Prenoetic Efflux -- 4 The Convergence of Prenoetic and Hypernoetic Ecstasy -- 5 Conclusion. Chapter 4 "The Way of Ascent is the Way of Descent": The Mechanism of Transcendental Apprehension in Platonizing Sethian Gnosticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Structure of Ascent in the Platonizing Sethian Ascent Treatises -- 3 Mystical Self-Reversion and Autophany in Gnostic Visionary Ascent -- 4 The Faculty of Transcendental Apprehension in Platonizing Sethianism -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Conclusion: Dissolving Boundaries -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Platonists and Gnostics in Alexandria and Rome: Biographical and Socio-historical Reflections -- 3 Philosophical Contemplation and Ritual Praxis -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (355 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789004441712 |
