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DIVINATION AND THEURGY IN NEOPLATONISM
Crystal Addey has given us a book to be welcomed warmly, reminding us of what an essential role practical relations with the gods maintains in later Neoplatonism. Like it or not, Platonism is a religion as well as a philosophy, and Dr Addey masterfully explores the implications of that, while relating the religion to the philosophy.
John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Why did ancient philosophers consult oracles, write about them, and consider them to be an important part of philosophical thought and practice? This book explores the extensive links between oracles and philosophy in Late Antiquity, particularly focusing on the roles of oracles and other forms of divination in third and fourth century A.D. Neoplatonism. Examining some of the most significant debates between pagan philosophers and Christian intellectuals on the nature of oracles as a central yet contested element of religious tradition, Addey focuses particularly on Porphyrys Philosophy from Oraclesand Iamblichus De Mysteriistwo works which deal extensively with oracles and other forms of divination.
This book argues for the significance of divination within Neoplatonism and offers a substantial reassessment of oracles and philosophical works and their relationship to one another. With a broad interdisciplinary approach, encompassing Classics, Ancient Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies and Ancient History, Addey draws on recent anthropological and religious studies research which has challenged and re-evaluated the relationship between rationality and ritual.
IN LATE ANTIQUITY
Series Editors
Dr Mark Edwards, Oxford University, UK
Professor Lewis Ayers, University of Durham, UK
The Ashgate Studies in Philosophy and Theology in Late Antiquityseries focuses on major theologians, not as representatives of a tradition, whether Christian or classical, but as individuals immersed in the intellectual culture of their day. Each book concentrates on the arguments, not merely the opinions, of a single Christian writer or group of writers from the period A.D. 100600 and compares and contrasts these arguments with those of pagan contemporaries who addressed similar questions. By study of the political, cultural and social milieu, contributors to the series show what external factors led to the convergence or divergence of Christianity and pagan thought in particular localities or periods. Pagan and Christian teachings are set out in a clear and systematic form making it possible to bring to light the true originality of the authors thought and to estimate the value of his work for modern times. This high profile research series offers an important contribution to areas of contemporary research in the patristic period, as well as providing new links into later periods, particularly the medieval and reformation.
Other titles published in this series:
Individuality in Late Antiquity
Edited by Alexis Torrance and Johannes Zachhuber
Image, Word and God in the Early Christian Centuries
Mark Edwards
Clothed in the Body
Asceticism, the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era
Hannah Hunt
The Spirit of Augustines Early Theology
Contextualizing Augustines Pneumatology
Chad Tyler Gerber
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Oracles of the Gods
CRYSTAL ADDEY
University of St Andrews, UK
First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing
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