Reading neoplatonism :non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus, and Damascius
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Cambridge ; New York
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Cambridge University Press
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Sara Rappe
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Introduction: representing a tradition: exegesis, symbol, and self-reflection -- Plotinus' critique of discursive thinking -- Non-discursive thinking in the Enneads -- Introspection in the dialectic of the Enneads -- The symbolism of the Enneads -- History of an enigma: mathematical symbolism in the neoplatonic tradition -- Transmigration of a myth: orphic texts and Platonic contexts -- Language and theurgy in Proclus' Platonic theology -- Damascius' ineffable discourse -- Conclusion: reading neoplatonism