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Reading neoplatonism : = non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Reading neoplatonism :/ Sara Rappe.
Reminder of title:	non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius /
Author:	Ahbel-Rappe, Sara,
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 266 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Neoplatonism. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511570629
ISBN:	9780511570629 (ebook)

Reading neoplatonism : = non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius /
Ahbel-Rappe, Sara,1960-

Reading neoplatonism :non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius /Sara Rappe. - 1 online resource (xxii, 266 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Introduction: representing a tradition: exegesis, symbol, and self-reflection -- Plotinus' critique of discursive thinking -- Non-discursive thinking in the Enneads -- Introspection in the dialectic of the Enneads -- The symbolism of the Enneads -- History of an enigma: mathematical symbolism in the neoplatonic tradition -- Transmigration of a myth: orphic texts and Platonic contexts -- Language and theurgy in Proclus' Platonic theology -- Damascius' ineffable discourse -- Conclusion: reading neoplatonism.

Neoplatonism is a term used to designate the form of Platonic philosophy that developed in the Roman Empire from the third to the fifth century AD and that based itself on the corpus of Plato's dialogues. Sara Rappe's challenging study analyses Neoplatonic texts themselves using contemporary philosophy of language. It covers the whole tradition of Neoplatonic writing from Plotinus through Proclus to Damascius. Addressing the strain of mysticism in these works, the author shows how these texts reflect actual meditational practices, methods of concentrating the mind, and other mental disciplines that informed the tradition as a whole. In providing such a broad survey of Neoplatonic writing, the book will appeal to classical philosophers classicists as well as students of religious studies.

ISBN: 9780511570629 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

576077
Neoplatonism.

LC Class. No.: B517 / .R36 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 186/.4

Reading neoplatonism : = non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius /
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