Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics
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Title
Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics
Subject
Plotinus. Enneads
Gnosticism
Gnosticism
Description
The point of view put forth in the following pages differs greatly from the common perspective according to which the treatises 30 to 33 constitute a single work, a Großschrift , and this single work, Plotinus’ essential response to the Gnostics. Our perspective is that of an ongoing discussions with his “Gnostic”—yet Platonizing—friends, which started early in his writings (at least treatise 6), developed into what we could call a Großzyklus (treatises 27 to 39), and went on in later treatises as well (e. g. 47-48, 51). The prospect of an ongoing discussion with the Gnostics bears an additional virtue, that of allowing for a truly dynamic understanding of the Plotinian corpus.
Creator
Jean-Marc Narbonne
Publisher
Leiden ; Boston : Brill
Date
2011
Relation
Series: Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition 11.
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Original Format
Book
Citation
Jean-Marc Narbonne, “Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 13, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/717.