Plotinus In Dialogue With The Gnostics
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Plotinus In Dialogue With The Gnostics
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Author : Jean-Marc Narbonne
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-03-18
Plotinus In Dialogue With The Gnostics written by Jean-Marc Narbonne and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-18 with Philosophy categories.
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).
Against The Gnostics
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Author : Plotinus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-14
Against The Gnostics written by Plotinus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-14 with categories.
At least two modern conferences within Hellenic philosophy fields of study have been held in order to address what Plotinus stated in his tract Against the Gnostics and whom he was addressing it to, in order to separate and clarify the events and persons involved in the origin of the term "Gnostic". From the dialogue, it appears that the word had an origin in the Platonic and Hellenistic tradition long before the group calling themselves "Gnostics"--or the group covered under the modern term "Gnosticism"--ever appeared. It would seem that this shift from Platonic to Gnostic usage has led many people to confusion. The strategy of sectarians taking Greek terms from philosophical contexts and re-applying them to religious contexts was popular in Christianity, the Cult of Isis and other ancient religious contexts including Hermetic ones (see Alexander of Abonutichus for an example).Plotinus and the Neoplatonists viewed Gnosticism as a form of heresy or sectarianism to the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy of the Mediterranean and Middle East. He accused them of using senseless jargon and being overly dramatic and insolent in their distortion of Plato's ontology." Plotinus attacks his opponents as untraditional, irrational and immoral and arrogant. He also attacks them as elitist and blasphemous to Plato for the Gnostics despising the material world and its maker.The Neoplatonic movement (though Plotinus would have simply referred to himself as a philosopher of Plato) seems to be motivated by the desire of Plotinus to revive the pagan philosophical tradition. Plotinus was not claiming to innovate with the Enneads, but to clarify aspects of the works of Plato that he considered misrepresented or misunderstood. Plotinus does not claim to be an innovator, but rather a communicator of a tradition. Plotinus referred to tradition as a way to interpret Plato's intentions. Because the teachings of Plato were for members of the academy rather than the general public, it was easy for outsiders to misunderstand Plato's meaning. However, Plotinus attempted to clarify how the philosophers of the academy had not arrived at the same conclusions (such as misotheism or dystheism of the creator God as an answer to the problem of evil) as the targets of his criticism.
Plotinus In Dialogue With The Gnostics
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Author : Jean-Marc Narbonne
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-03-18
Plotinus In Dialogue With The Gnostics written by Jean-Marc Narbonne and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-18 with Religion categories.
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).
Plotinus Amid Gnostics And Christians
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Author : David T. Runia
language : en
Publisher: Vu Uitgeverij/Free University Press
Release Date : 1984
Plotinus Amid Gnostics And Christians written by David T. Runia and has been published by Vu Uitgeverij/Free University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Philosophy categories.
Plotinus Ennead Ii 9 33 Against The Gnostics
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Author : Nicola Spanu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Plotinus Ennead Ii 9 33 Against The Gnostics written by Nicola Spanu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Gnosticism categories.
This book consists in a commentary and translation of Plotinus's Ennead II 9 [33], entitled by Porphyry Against the Gnostics. The commentary has tried to go beyond the traditional approach, based on the idea that Plotinus's Ennead II 9 is the theatre of the clash of two antithetical worldviews: the first, championed by Plotinus; the second, by his Gnostic disciples; on the contrary, the Ennead II 9 [33] represents a dialogue between a master of philosophy and his own disciples. Plotinus's disciples do not regard Gnosticism as distant from Plato. In contrast, Plotinus does not think that Plato is a precursor of Gnosticism, even if he is aware that his doctrines can be interpreted in a dualistic and Gnostic fashion. He agrees with his disciples that for Plato sensible and intelligible reality, as well as Soul and body, are different; however, Plotinus thinks that their different nature can be ultimately traced back to the same principle, namely being, which contains in itself all possibilities of existence. This is the true gnosis that Plotinus has tried to make his disciples obtain by writing the Ennead II 9 [33].
Ennead Ii 9
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Author : Plotinus
language : en
Publisher: Enneads of Plotinus
Release Date : 2017
Ennead Ii 9 written by Plotinus and has been published by Enneads of Plotinus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Philosophy categories.
How was the universe created, and what is our place within it? These are the questions at the heart of Plotinus' Against the Gnostics. For the Gnostics, the universe came into being as a result of the soul's fall from intelligible reality--it is the evil outcome of a botched creation. Plotinus challenges this, and insists that the soul's creation of the world is the necessary consequence of its contemplation of the ideal forms. While the Gnostics claim to despise the visible universe, Plotinus argues that such contempt displays their ignorance of the higher realities of which the cosmos is a beautiful image. Against the Gnostics is a polemical text. It aims to show the superiority of Plotinus' philosophy over that of his Gnostic rivals, and poses unique challenges: Plotinus nowhere identifies his opponents by name, he does not set out their doctrines in any great detail, and his arguments are frequently elliptical. The detailed commentary provides a guide through these difficulties, making Plotinus' meandering train of thought in this important treatise accessible to the reader.
Introduction And Commentary To Plotinus Treatise 33 Ii 9 Against The Gnostics And Related Studies
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Author : Jean-Marc Narbonne
language : fr
Publisher: Presses de l'Université Laval
Release Date : 2019-02-08T00:00:00-05:00
Introduction And Commentary To Plotinus Treatise 33 Ii 9 Against The Gnostics And Related Studies written by Jean-Marc Narbonne and has been published by Presses de l'Université Laval this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-08T00:00:00-05:00 with Philosophy categories.
Plotinus’ Treatise 33 (II.9), entitled Against the Gnostics, is one of the most fascinating and complex writings of the Roman Neoplatonic master, as well as one of the most polemical, as it is the sole treatise to openly side against a rival sect or school of thought. We here present the reader with the full analysis of this exceptional treatise, in its original English, of Zeke Mazur (), one of the scholars most deeply versed in the connections between the Gnostics, most notably those identified as belonging to a subgroup of Platonising Sethians, and the first generation of Neoplatonists (i.e. Plotinus, Amelius, and Porphyry). An abridged and simplified version of the English original, accompanied by a translation of Treatise 33 (II.9) itself, will appear in 2018 in French in the Collection des Universités de France, alias the Collection Budé.
Six Lectures On Plotinus And Gnosticism
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Author : Th.G. Sinnige
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-04-09
Six Lectures On Plotinus And Gnosticism written by Th.G. Sinnige and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with Religion categories.
In this book an attempt is made to single out those elements in the philosophical system of the Enneads that stand apart from the Platonist tradition. On the basis of an extensive analysis of fundamental texts the author shows that what Plotinus had in mind was a quite independent paradigm of metaphysical theology, with at its centre the human person.
Plotinus Ennead Ii 9
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Author : Sebastian Gertz
language : en
Publisher: Parmenides Publishing
Release Date : 2017-03-28
Plotinus Ennead Ii 9 written by Sebastian Gertz and has been published by Parmenides Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-28 with Philosophy categories.
How was the universe created, and what is our place within it? These are the questions at the heart of Plotinus' Against the Gnostics. For the Gnostics, the universe came into being as a result of the soul's fall from intelligible reality-it is the evil outcome of a botched creation. Plotinus challenges this, and insists that the soul's creation of the world is the necessary consequence of its contemplation of the ideal forms. While the Gnostics claim to despise the visible universe, Plotinus argues that such contempt displays their ignorance of the higher realities of which the cosmos is a beautiful image.
Introduction And Commentary To Plotinus Treatise 33 Ii 9 Against The Gnostics And Related Studies
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Author : Zeke Mazur
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Introduction And Commentary To Plotinus Treatise 33 Ii 9 Against The Gnostics And Related Studies written by Zeke Mazur and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
"Plotinus’ Treatise 33 (II.9) , entitled Against the Gnostics , is one of the most fascinating and complex writings of the Roman Neoplatonic master, as well as one of the most polemical, as it is the sole treatise to openly side against a rival sect or school of thought. We here present the reader with the full analysis of this exceptional treatise, in its original English, of Zeke Mazur (), one of the scholars most deeply versed in the connections between the Gnostics, most notably those identified as belonging to a subgroup of Platonising Sethians, and the first generation of Neoplatonists (i.e. Plotinus, Amelius, and Porphyry)."--Résumé de l'éditeur.