Title On prophecy, dreams and human imagination : Synesius, De insomniis / introduction, text, translation and interpretative essays by Donald A. Russell [and 6 others] ; edited by Donald A. Russell and Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

Published Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 208 pages) Series Sapere ; Band 24 Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 24. Contents Text [of De insomniis], translation and notes / text and translation by Donald A. Russell -- Essays. Outline of a general history of speculation about dreams / Ursula Bittrich -- Phantasia in De insomniis / Anne Sheppard -- Dream divination and the neoplatonic search for salvation / Sebastian Gertz -- Synesius and the pneumatic vehicle of the soul in early neoplatonism / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Döbler -- Rhetoric in De insomniis : critique and practice / Donald A. Russell -- Nikephoros Gregoras' commentary on Synesius, De insomniis / Börje Bydén Summary Synesius' essay De insomniis ('On Dreams') inquires into the meaning and importance of dreams for human beings and treats themes - most of all the relationship of humans to higher spheres -, which for religiously- and philosophically-minded people are still important today Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and indexes Notes Text of De insomniis in the original Greek with parallel English translation on facing pages This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Print version record Subject Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais. De insomniis. Dreams -- Early works to 1800 Prophecy -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800 Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Early works to 1800 EDUCATION -- Higher. Prophecy -- Christianity Imagination -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Dreams Traum Traumdeutung Neuplatonismus Griechenland Altertum Genre/Form Early works Form Electronic book Author Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew), editor, translator, writer of added commentary. Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther, 1957- editor. Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais. De insomniis. Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais. De insomniis. English ISBN 9783161564314 3161564316 9783161524196 3161524195

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