By Daniele Iozzia
Aesthetic topics in Pagan and Christian Neoplatonism reconstructs the cultured philosophical perspectives of past due Antiquity, and their relation to inventive creation of the time. by means of interpreting the resonance of Plotinus' idea with modern artists and with Christian thinkers, together with Gregory of Nyssa, the publication demonstrates the significance of Plotinus' treatise On Beauty for the advance of past due old aesthetics. The Cappadocian fathers' curiosity in Plotinus is explored, in addition to the resultant legacy of the pagan thinker's philosophy inside Christian concept, corresponding to the idea that of good looks and the narration of the contemplative experience.
Uniquely applying philological and philosophical perception, in addition to exploring either pagan and Christian philosophy, Aesthetic subject matters in Pagan and Christian Neoplatonism represents the 1st accomplished synthesis of aesthetic considered overdue Antiquity.
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