ISBN: 9780631212744

Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishers. New. 1999. Hardcover. 0631212744 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AV… More...

Williston, Vermont, U.S.A.: Blackwell Publishers. New. 1999. Hardcover. 0631212744 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 214 pages -- FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED -- Margaret Miles brings Plotinus' thought alive for the twenty-first century by relating it to present day concerns. Without glossing over the profound differences between ancient and modern societies, the author points to fascinating parallels between the two, adding an important dimension to our understanding of the Western spiritual heritage. Miles offers a new interpretation which situates Plotinus' philosophical ideas in the context of the society and culture in which those ideas developed. Using extant evidence (The Enneads, Porphyry's Life), she reconstructs an intense third century conversation, namely the relationship of body and soul. Miles's interpretation of Plotinus will encourage readers from a range of disciplines to question their construction of body, "self," and identity. -- AUTHOR: Margaret R. Miles is Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dillenberger Professor of Historical Theology, at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California. She was the Bussey Professor of Historical Theology from 1987 to 1996 at the Harvard University Divinity School, and Chair of the Department of Theology from 1987 to 1992, and 1995 to 1996. Books by Miles include: Plotinus On Body And Beauty: Society, Philosophy, and Religion in Third Century Rome, Reading For Life: Beauty, Pluralism, And Responsibility, Seeing And Believing: Religion And Values In The Movies, Desire & Delight: A New Reading of Augustine's Confessions, Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West, Practicing Christianity: Critical Perspectives for an Embodied Spirituality. -- with a bonus offer-- ., Blackwell Publishers, 1999, 6<

1999, ISBN: 9780631212744

Society, Philosophy, and Religion in Third-Century Rome, Buch, Hardcover, Plotinus, the most profound philosopher of the third century CE, has been influential on Byzantine and Western Ch… More...

Society, Philosophy, and Religion in Third-Century Rome, Buch, Hardcover, Plotinus, the most profound philosopher of the third century CE, has been influential on Byzantine and Western Christianity, and Islam. This book offers an interpretation, which situates Plotinus's philosophical ideas in the context of society and culture in which those ideas developed. [PU: Wiley-Blackwell], Seiten: 228, Wiley-Blackwell, 1999<