Plotinus and Augustine on the Mid-Rank of Soul - OP Torchia  Joseph

Plotinus and Augustine on the Mid-Rank of Soul

Navigating Two Worlds
Buch | Hardcover
252 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-6669-2834-1 (ISBN)
99,95 inkl. MwSt
This book addresses the mid-rank of the soul theme as it emerges in Plotinus and Augustine in the context of their respective interpretations of universal order. They both use the journey metaphor to describe the soul’s progress through the turbulent “sea” of earthly existence.
In this book, Joseph Torchia, OP, explores the mid-rank of the soul theme in Plotinus and Augustine with a special focus on its metaphysical, epistemological, and moral implications for each thinker’s intellectual outlooks. For both, human existence assumes the character of a prolonged journey—or, in the nautical imagery they both employ, an extended voyage. Augustine’s account incorporates theological significance, addressing the ontological difference between God and creatures. As a rational creature, the soul stands mid-way between God and corporeal natures and, in broader terms, between eternity and temporality. Plotinus and Augustine on the Mid-Rank of Soul: Navigating Two Worlds encompasses two parts: Part I addresses the significance that Plotinus attributes to the soul’s mid-rank within the broader context of his understanding of universal order, and Part II delineates Augustine’s interpretation of the intermediary status of the soul with an ongoing reference to his spiritual and intellectual peregrinatio, as recounted in the Confessions.

Joseph Torchia, OP, is professor of philosophy at Providence College.

Preface

Introduction

Abbreviations

Part I. Plotinus: Wayfaring Stranger

Chapter 1. Plotinus' Vision of Reality: A Broad Sketch

Chapter 2: The Order of the Whole

Chapter 3: The Mediation of Soul

Chapter 4: Between Two Worlds

Chapter 5: Soul's Homeward Odyssey

Part II. Augustine: Peregrinatio Animi

Chapter 6: Tranquillitas ordinis

Chapter 7: In Medio Paradisi

Chapter 8: Pondus Meum Amor Meus

Chapter 9: Voluntas medium bonum

Chapter 10: Civitas Peregrina

Conclusion: The Journeys of Embodied Spirits

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 158 x 235 mm
Gewicht 549 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie Altertum / Antike
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie des Mittelalters
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10 1-6669-2834-8 / 1666928348
ISBN-13 978-1-6669-2834-1 / 9781666928341
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