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1 online resource (130 pages .) |
| Summary |
The Christians, Gnostics, and Platonists of late antiquity all shared that era's dislike of matter and the body. The first part of this book looks at key words like ethos, aiōn, and saeculum. The second part investigates the Neoplatonists, the Platonists of late antiquity. In the writings of Plotinus and Porphyry, Iamblichus and Proclus, the dislike of matter and the body was boldly expressed. The third part shows that Gnosticism was second to none in its insistence that matter and the body were evil. It was elitist, suspicious of the political world, and often filled with an interest in magic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
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Neoplatonism -- To 1500
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Ēthos (The Greek word)
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Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500.
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The Early Church.
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Gnosticism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Ēthos (The Greek word)
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Neoplatonism
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443888356 |
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1443888354 |
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