Introduction and Commentary to Plotinus' Treatise 33 (II 9) Against the Gnostics and related studies /

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Plotinus' Treatise 33 (II.9) , entitled Against the Gnostics , is one of the most fascinating and complex writings of the Roman Neoplatonic master, as well as one of the most polemical, as it is the sole treatise to openly side against a rival sect or school of thought. We here present the read...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mazur, Zeke (Author)
Other Authors: Narbonne, Jean-Marc, 1957- (Editor), Lacroix, Francis (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Series:Zêtêsis.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Plato.
Plotinus > Disciples.
Plotinus > Criticism and interpretation.
Plotinus. > Enneads. > II, 9 (33).
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The question of Plotinus' motivation for composing Treatise 33
  • The sectarian identity of Plotinus' Gnostic friends
  • The question of the relationship between Plotinus and the Gnostic targets of Treatise 33
  • Plotinus and the Platonizing Sethians
  • The conflict over visionary/contemplative ascent
  • The Platonizing Sethians as rival interpreters of Plato
  • The Platonizing Sethians contra academic Platonism
  • The historical context of the conflict
  • A reconsideration of Plotinus' philosophical opposition to the Gnostics.

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