TY - BOOK AU - Torchia,Joseph TI - Plotinus and Augustine on the mid-rank of soul: navigating two worlds SN - 9781666928341 U1 - 128/.1 23/eng/20230310 PY - 2023///] CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Plotinus, KW - Augustinus, Aurelius, KW - Anima KW - Età antica KW - sbaa N1 - Include bibliografia e indice; 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 N2 - "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" ER -