Theodicee Plotinienne Theodicee Gnostique - Rilegato

O'Brien, Denis

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ISBN 10: 9004096183 ISBN 13: 9789004096189

Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 1993

Riassunto

Plotinus' fiercely polemical treatise Against the Gnostics has proved peculiarly resistant to modern methods of criticism. So much so, that historians of philosophy frequently end up attributing to Plotinus himself the very beliefs which Plotinus attempts to demolish in his criticism of the Gnostics. Denis O'Brien attempts to unravel this paradox by showing that, in earlier treatises of the Enneads, Plotinus puts forward a theory of the generation of matter by soul, which he then takes for granted in his attack on the Gnostics. This leads to a wholly new understanding of Plotinus' 'theodicy' and of the way in which Plotinus himself conceived of his relation to the Gnostics. Denis O'Brien's analysis should highlight tired commonplaces and support the view that a consistent and original philosophy underlies the complexities and obscurities of the text of the Enneads.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Brill Academic Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 9004096183
• ISBN 13: 9789004096189
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 117