Robertson, David, 1967-
Word and meaning in ancient Alexandria theories of language from Philo to Plotinus / [electronic resource] : David Robertson. - Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2008. - xiii, 117 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Philo -- Divine logos and human language -- Characteristics of mind -- Immateriality of mind -- The physical and the immaterial -- The nature of meaning -- The inferiority of speech -- The stoic legacy -- Clement -- The divine logos -- Dialectic and language -- The intelligibility of language -- Language, immateriality, and prayer -- Origen -- Christian platonism, psychology -- The immateriality of mind -- Voice and language -- Mind and body in language -- Other influences -- Plotinus -- The metaphysics of language -- Image and representation -- The logos of plotinus -- Limitations of language, origins of language -- The nature of language -- Soul and body, light and sound -- Language and communion -- Soul connection -- The unity of souls in politics.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Christian literature, Early.
Electronic books.
BR115.L25 / R58 2008eb
401
Word and meaning in ancient Alexandria theories of language from Philo to Plotinus / [electronic resource] : David Robertson. - Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2008. - xiii, 117 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Philo -- Divine logos and human language -- Characteristics of mind -- Immateriality of mind -- The physical and the immaterial -- The nature of meaning -- The inferiority of speech -- The stoic legacy -- Clement -- The divine logos -- Dialectic and language -- The intelligibility of language -- Language, immateriality, and prayer -- Origen -- Christian platonism, psychology -- The immateriality of mind -- Voice and language -- Mind and body in language -- Other influences -- Plotinus -- The metaphysics of language -- Image and representation -- The logos of plotinus -- Limitations of language, origins of language -- The nature of language -- Soul and body, light and sound -- Language and communion -- Soul connection -- The unity of souls in politics.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Christian literature, Early.
Electronic books.
BR115.L25 / R58 2008eb
401