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Sara Rappe

Autor(a) de A Companion to Socrates

6+ Works 117 Membros 1 Review

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Obras por Sara Rappe

Associated Works

The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus (1996) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
A Companion to the Roman Empire (2005) — Contribuidor — 75 exemplares
A Companion to Plato (2006) — Contribuidor — 48 exemplares
Education in Greek and Roman Antiquity (2001) — Contribuidor — 18 exemplares
Ancient Models of Mind: Studies in Human and Divine Rationality (2010) — Contribuidor — 12 exemplares
Neoplatonism and Nature: Studies in Plotinus' Enneads (2001) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA

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A linguistic exploration of the later Neoplatonists. Rappe suggests that their books were meant as guides for the reader to access a wisdom that lies in the mind: the unity of the intellect and its objects. The mathematical symbols, the Orphic references, and the subversion of discursive thinking, which separates the self from the world, are in effect tools for the reader to explore his or her own consciousness and develop a philosophy from within. It's a beautiful thesis and motivates one to plunge into these supremely obscure and difficult texts.… (mais)
 
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Estatísticas

Obras
6
Also by
9
Membros
117
Popularidade
#168,597
Avaliação
4.1
Críticas
1
ISBN
23
Línguas
1

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