Our divine double

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What if you were to discover that you were not entirely you, but rather one half of a whole, that you had, in other words, a divine double? In the second and third centuries CE, this idea gripped the religious imagination of the Eastern Mediterranean, providing a distinctive understanding of the self that has survived in various forms throughout the centuries, down to the present. Our Divine Double traces the rise of this ancient idea that each person has a divine counterpart, twin, or alter-eg…

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Full title :Our divine double / Charles M. Stang.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2016

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Description:1 online resource (309 pages)

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ISBN:9780674970168, 0674970160, 0674970187, 9780674970182
DOI:10.4159/9780674970168
oclc:ocn944346998
LC Classification:B526
Dewey Decimal:126

Introduction: Narcissus and his double -- Reading Plato's many doubles -- Thomas, who is called "twin" -- Syzygies, twins, and mirrors -- Mani and his twin-companion -- Plotinus and the doubled intellect -- Whither the divine double?

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Antike Der Andere Doppelgänger History Middle East Mysticism -- Early church Mysticism -- History -- Early church, c… Mysticisme -- Histoire -- ca 30-600 (Ég… Mythologie Philosophie ancienne PHILOSOPHY -- Mind & Body Philosophy, Ancient PSYCHOLOGY -- Personality RELIGION -- Ancient Selbstverständnis Self (Philosophy) Self (Philosophy) -- Middle East Twins -- Mythology Twins -- Mythology -- Middle East Twins -- Religious aspects