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Neoplatonic demons and angels /
"Neoplatonic Demons and Angels is a collection of eleven studies which examine, in chronological order, the place reserved for angels and demons not only by the main Neoplatonic philosophers (Plotinus, Porphyry, Iamblichus, and Proclus), but also in Gnosticism, the Chaldaean Oracles, Christian...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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| Series: | Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ;
v. 20. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The daimon and the choice of life in Plotinus' thought / Thomas Vidart
- The angels in ancient Gnosis : some cases / Madeleine Scopello
- Demons and angels in the Chaldaean Oracles / Helmut Seng
- What is a daimon for Porphyry? / Luc Brisson
- Porphyry on the daimon, birth and the stars / Dorian G. Greenbaum
- Daimones in Porphyry's On the cave of the nymphs / Nilufer Akcay
- Evil demons in De mysteriis : assessing the Iamblichean critique of Porphyry's Demonology / Seamus O'Neill
- Proclus' critique of Plotinus' Demonology / Andrei Timotin
- The angels in Proclus : messengers of the gods / Luc Brisson
- Ontology, henadology, angelology : the neoplatonic roots of angelic hierarchy / Ghislain Casas
- Dionysius the Areopagite on angels : self-constitution versus constituting gifts / Marilena Vlad.