La beauté d'Hélène ou la médiation du Beau dans les Traités 31 (V,8) et 48 (III,3) de Plotin
In his treatises 31 (V,8) and 48 (III,3), Plotinus refers to Helen’s beauty ; he is thus challenging a topos of ancient Greek Literature. After recalling the various traditional interpretations of this controversial figure, we scrutinize the way through which Plotinus, while meeting with some of the...
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| Language: | fra |
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Université de Lille
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Methodos |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/methodos/2410 |
| Summary: | In his treatises 31 (V,8) and 48 (III,3), Plotinus refers to Helen’s beauty ; he is thus challenging a topos of ancient Greek Literature. After recalling the various traditional interpretations of this controversial figure, we scrutinize the way through which Plotinus, while meeting with some of these interpretative schemes, reshapes the topos (from the viewpoint of his polemics against Gnosticism), in order to give it a new dimension and meaning. |
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| ISSN: | 1769-7379 |