Between Erasmus and More, Abraxa(s), an Anamorphic Name
Before Utopus conquered the island, it was called Abraxa. To create its initial name, Thomas More shortened the name of a deity, invented by the Syrian Christian gnostic teacher Basilides, Abraxas. This note seeks to explain this change by studying the occurrences of the word Abraxas in Erasmus'...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Erasmus studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 93-96 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
anamorphosis
B Pride B Abraxas B Erasmus B Thomas More B philautia |
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