Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought

Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought

Becoming Angels and Demons

Litwa, M. David

Cambridge University Press

03/2022

205

Mole

Inglês

9781108926058

15 a 20 dias

284

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Preface; Introduction. Angels, daimones, and the modern thirst for transformation; 1: Hesiod and daimonification in the Archaic and Classical periods; 2. Empedocles as daimon; 3. Plato and the moralization of daimonification; 4. Daimonification in Xenocrates, Plutarch, Apuleius, and Maximus of Tyre; 5. Moses angelified in Philo of Alexandria; 6. Origen, angelification, and the angelified Jesus; 7. Plotinus as a living daimon; 8. The angelification of Zostrianos; Conclusion: Advent or apocalypse?
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angel; demon; posthuman; transformation; Platonism; Hesiod; Plutarch; Philo; Zostrianos; Plotinus