On prophecy, dreams and human imagination : Synesius, De insomniis /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew) (Editor, Translator), Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther, 1957- (Editor), Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]
Series:Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 24.
Subjects:
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.
Rêves > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Prophétie > Christianisme > Ouvrages avant 1800.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Prophecy > Christianity.
Imagination > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Dreams.
Traum
Traumdeutung
Neuplatonismus
Griechenland > Altertum
Early works.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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