Passions, Pleasures, and Perceptions: Rethinking Evagrius Ponticus on Mental Representation
Evagrius Ponticus’s theory of the eight bad thoughts has often been read as indebted to Stoic ideas of mental representation. This is in part, however, a consequence of the fact that the significance of φαντασία to Plato’s own thought has only recently begun to receive adequate attention. In this pa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015
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Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 297-330 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Plato 427 BC-347 BC
/ Evagrius, Ponticus 345-399
/ Passion
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Evagrius Ponticus’s theory of the eight bad thoughts has often been read as indebted to Stoic ideas of mental representation. This is in part, however, a consequence of the fact that the significance of φαντασία to Plato’s own thought has only recently begun to receive adequate attention. In this paper, I explore how recent studies into Plato’s theory of passion help illuminate Evagrius’s ideas about the relationship between affect and mental representation. Interpreting Evagrius’s treatment of passion as perspectival (rather than judgmental) helps illuminate his understanding of the relationship between the ascetic and contemplative lives and his conception of selfhood. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-961X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/zac-2015-0019 |