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Individuality in Late Antiquity / edited by Alexis Torrance and Johannes Zachhuber.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquityCopyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781409440574
  • 1409440575
  • 9781306471237
  • 1306471230
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Individuality in Late Antiquity.DDC classification:
  • 270.1
LOC classification:
  • B824 .I543 2014
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • NH 8575
  • 6,12
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Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Individuality in Some Gnostic Authors, with a Few Remarks on the Interpretation of Ptolemy's Epistula ad Floram; 2 Astrology and Freedom: The Case of Firmicus Maternus; 3 Plotinus on Sensible Particulars and Individual Essences; 4 Logico-grammatical Reflections about Individuality in Late Antiquity; 5 Individuality and the Theological Debate about 'Hypostasis'; 6 Individuality and Identity-formation in Late Antique Monasticism; 7 Individuality and the Resurrection in Some Late Antique Texts; 8 John Philoponus on Individuality and Particularity; 9 The Religious Constitution of Individuality: One Motif of Augustine's Confessions in Modern Intellectual History and Theology; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Late antiquity is increasingly recognised as a period of important cultural transformation. One of its crucial aspects is the emergence of a new awareness of human individuality. In this book, the authors assess the influence of seminal thinkers, including the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Augustine, but also of cultural and religious practices such as astrology and monasticism, as well as, more generally, the role played by intellectual disciplines such as grammar and Christian theology. The volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to late antique understandings of human individuality.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)670238

Print version record.

Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Individuality in Some Gnostic Authors, with a Few Remarks on the Interpretation of Ptolemy's Epistula ad Floram; 2 Astrology and Freedom: The Case of Firmicus Maternus; 3 Plotinus on Sensible Particulars and Individual Essences; 4 Logico-grammatical Reflections about Individuality in Late Antiquity; 5 Individuality and the Theological Debate about 'Hypostasis'; 6 Individuality and Identity-formation in Late Antique Monasticism; 7 Individuality and the Resurrection in Some Late Antique Texts; 8 John Philoponus on Individuality and Particularity; 9 The Religious Constitution of Individuality: One Motif of Augustine's Confessions in Modern Intellectual History and Theology; Bibliography; Index.

Late antiquity is increasingly recognised as a period of important cultural transformation. One of its crucial aspects is the emergence of a new awareness of human individuality. In this book, the authors assess the influence of seminal thinkers, including the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Augustine, but also of cultural and religious practices such as astrology and monasticism, as well as, more generally, the role played by intellectual disciplines such as grammar and Christian theology. The volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to late antique understandings of human individuality.