L'aporie ou l'expérience des limites de la pensée dans le Péri archôn de Damaskios / par Carolle Métry-Tresson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Métry-Tresson, Carolle.

Series:

Philosophia antiqua ; v. 130.

Philosophia antiqua

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Damaskios, approximately 480-approximately 550. Aporiai kai lyseis peri tōn prōtōn archōn.

Damaskios.

Aporia.

First philosophy.

Neoplatonism.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Physical Description:

xix, 509 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

Written with verve and authority, this study raises the profile of the brilliant and much-understudied Neoplatonist, who was exiled under the Emperor Constantine, and died in c.532 C.E. Metry-Tresson (her doctorate in ancient philosophy is from the U. of Fribourg in Switzerland) describes the philosophical concepts of Damaskios's work, Péri Archón, with separate chapters on the dualism of the human soul, knowledge, and word (logos), and from these to Damaskios's theory of aporetism (a concept of the limits of human thought in light of the ineffable). The text is in French, with frequent quotations in Greek (with French translation). Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Abridged version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--École pratique des hautes études, Paris, and Université de Fribourg, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [473]-502) and index.

ISBN:

9789004207325

9004207325

9789004216129

900421612X

OCLC:

761538018