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Individuality in Late Antiquity /

Late antiquity is increasingly recognised as a period of important cultural transformation. One of its crucial aspects is the emergence of a new awareness of human individuality. In this book, the authors assess the influence of seminal thinkers, including the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Augustine, but...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Torrance, Alexis, 1985-, Zachhuber, Johannes
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014.
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Colección:Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Individuality in Some Gnostic Authors, with a Few Remarks on the Interpretation of Ptolemy's Epistula ad Floram; 2 Astrology and Freedom: The Case of Firmicus Maternus; 3 Plotinus on Sensible Particulars and Individual Essences; 4 Logico-grammatical Reflections about Individuality in Late Antiquity; 5 Individuality and the Theological Debate about 'Hypostasis'; 6 Individuality and Identity-formation in Late Antique Monasticism; 7 Individuality and the Resurrection in Some Late Antique Texts; 8 John Philoponus on Individuality and Particularity; 9 The Religious Constitution of Individuality: One Motif of Augustine's Confessions in Modern Intellectual History and Theology; Bibliography; Index.