RT Book
T1 Word and meaning in ancient Alexandria: theories of language from Philo to Plotinus
A1 Robertson, David 1967-
LA English
PP Aldershot, Hants, England Burlington, VT
PB Ashgate Pub. Ltd
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/537757732
AB Philo -- Divine logos and human language -- Characteristics of mind -- Immateriality of mind -- The physical and the immaterial -- The nature of meaning -- The inferiority of speech -- The stoic legacy -- Clement -- The divine logos -- Dialectic and language -- The intelligibility of language -- Language, immateriality, and prayer --  Origen -- Christian platonism, psychology -- The immateriality of mind -- Voice and language -- Mind and body in language -- Other influences -- Plotinus -- The metaphysics of language -- Image and representation -- The logos of plotinus -- Limitations of language, origins of language -- The nature of language -- Soul and body, light and sound -- Language and communion -- Soul connection -- The unity of souls in politics
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR115.L25
SN 0754606961
SN 9780754606963
K1 Language and languages : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Language and languages : Philosophy
K1 Christian literature, Early