Posthuman transformation in ancient Mediterranean thought: becoming angels and demons

Introduction: Angels, daimones, and the modern thirst for transformation -- Hesiod and daimonification in the archaic and classical periods -- Empedocles as daimon -- Plato and the moralization of daimonification -- Daimonification in Xenocrates, Plutarch, Apuleius, and Maximus of Tyre -- Moses ange...

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Main Author: Litwa, M. David 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Classical antiquity / Philosophy / Demon / Angel
Further subjects:B Demonology
B Self-realization
B Philosophy, Ancient
B Transmigration Moral and ethical aspects
B Angels
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