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Individuality in Late Antiquity

By Johannes Zachhuber , Alexis Torrance

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
1409440567, 9781409440567
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1526928 bytes)
Series
Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquity
Edition
New edition
Pages
204\205
Time added
2016-09-17 16:45:15
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Description

Late antiquity is increasingly recognised as a period of important cultural transformation. One of its crucial aspects is the emergence of a new awareness of human individuality. In this book an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars documents and analyses this development. Authors assess the influence of seminal thinkers, including the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Augustine, but also of cultural and religious practices such as astrology and monasticism, as well as, more generally, the role played by intellectual disciplines such as grammar and Christian theology. Broad in both theme and scope, the volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to late antique understandings of human individuality.

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