Porphyry's On the cave of the nymphs in its intellectual context / by K. Nilufer Akcay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akçay, K. Nilüfer, author.

Series:

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition; volume23.

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition; volume23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoplatonism.

Allegory.

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Peri tou en Odysseia tōn nymphōn antrou.

Porphyry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Summary:

Neoplatonic allegorical interpretation expounds how literary texts present philosophical ideas in an enigmatic and coded form, offering an alternative path to the divine truths. The Neoplatonist Porphyry’s On the Cave of the Nymphs is one of the most significant allegorical interpretation handed down to us from Antiquity. This monograph, exclusively dedicated to the analysis of On the Cave of Nymphs, demonstrates that Porphyry interprets Homer’s verse from Odyssey 13.102-112 to convey his philosophical thoughts, particularly on the material world, relationship between soul and body and the salvation of the soul through the doctrines of Plato and Plotinus. The Homeric cave of the nymphs with two gates is a station where the souls descend into genesis and ascend to the intelligible realm. Porphyry associates Odysseus’ long wanderings with the journey of the soul and its salvation from the irrational to rational through escape from all toils of the material world.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Dedication / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Acknowledgements / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Abbreviations / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Introduction / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Allegory as a Way of Thinking in On the Cave of the Nymphs / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

The Cave as Symbol and Image of the Cosmos / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Embodiment / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

The Path towards the Immortality of the Soul / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Conclusion / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

Back Matter

Bibliography / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay

General Index / K. Ni̇lüfer Akçay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

90-04-40827-4

OCLC:

1110154212

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004408272 DOI