Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics

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Title

Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics

Subject

Plotinus. Enneads
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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Book

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Citation

Jean-Marc Narbonne, “Plotinus in dialogue with the Gnostics,” Humanities Hub, accessed December 30, 2024, https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/717.