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" Reading neoplatonism : "
Sara Rappe.
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BL
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631135
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Ahbel-Rappe, Sara,1960-
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Reading neoplatonism : : non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius /\ Sara Rappe.
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2000.
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xxii, 266 p. ;; 24 cm.
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0521651581 (hb)
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: 9780521651585 (hb)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: representing a tradition: exegesis, symbol, and self-reflection -- Plotinus' critique of discursive thinking -- Non-discursive thinking in the Enneads -- Introspection in the dialectic of the Enneads -- The symbolism of the Enneads -- History of an enigma: mathematical symbolism in the neoplatonic tradition -- Transmigration of a myth: orphic texts and Platonic contexts -- Language and theurgy in Proclus' Platonic theology -- Damascius' ineffable discourse -- Conclusion: reading neoplatonism.
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"Sara Rappe's study analyzes Neoplatonic texts by using contemporary philosophy of language. The book covers the whole tradition of Neoplatonic writing, from Plotinus through Proclus to Damascius. Addressing the strain of mysticism in these works from a fresh perspective, Rappe shows how these texts reflect actual meditational practices, methods of concentrating the mind, and the other mental disciplines that informed the tradition." "As the broadest available survey of Neoplatonic writing, this book will appeal to classicists and philosophers, as well as to students of religious studies."--BOOK JACKET.
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Neoplatonism.
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Reasoning-- History.
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Methodology-- History.
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B517.R36 2000
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