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Plotinus and Augustine on the mid-rank of soul : navigating two worlds / Joseph Torchia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]Copyright date: c2023Description: xiv, 237 pagine ; 24 cmContent type:
  • testo (txt)
Media type:
  • senza mediazione (n)
Carrier type:
  • volume (nc)
ISBN:
  • 9781666928341
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 128/.1 23/eng/20230310
Other classification:
  • BD 421.T67 2023
Contents:
Plotinus' vision of reality : a broad sketch -- The order of the whole -- The mediation of soul -- Between two worlds -- Soul's homeward odyssey -- Tranquillitas ordinis -- In medio paradisi -- Pondus meum amor meus -- Voluntas medium bonum -- Civitas peregrina -- Conclusion : the journeys of embodied spirits.
Summary: "This book addresses the mid-rank of the soul theme as it emerges in Plotinus and Augustine in the context of their respective interpretations of universal order. They both use the journey metaphor to describe the soul's progress through the turbulent "sea" of earthly existence".
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Opera (Magaz.) Opera (Magaz.) Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Temporary Library BD 421.T67 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0030219596

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Plotinus' vision of reality : a broad sketch -- The order of the whole -- The mediation of soul -- Between two worlds -- Soul's homeward odyssey -- Tranquillitas ordinis -- In medio paradisi -- Pondus meum amor meus -- Voluntas medium bonum -- Civitas peregrina -- Conclusion : the journeys of embodied spirits.

"This book addresses the mid-rank of the soul theme as it emerges in Plotinus and Augustine in the context of their respective interpretations of universal order. They both use the journey metaphor to describe the soul's progress through the turbulent "sea" of earthly existence".