The Platonizing Sethian Background
of Plotinus’s Mysticism
Alexander J. Mazur, Leiden: Brill, 2020
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Table of contents
Editor’s Preface to the Present Volume
Dylan Michael Burns
Editor’s Note on References, Editions, and Translations
Abbreviations
Tables
Chapter 1 Introduction: The Gnostic Background of Plotinus’s Mysticism
Chapter 2 The Structure of Plotinus’s Ascent to Mystical Union with the One
Chapter 3 The Identity of Prenoetic and Hypernoetic Subjects in Plotinus
Chapter 4 “The Way of Ascent is the Way of Descent”: The Mechanism of Transcendental Apprehension in Platonizing Sethian Gnosticism
Chapter 5 Conclusion: Dissolving Boundaries
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