Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought: Becoming Angels and Demons
Ancient theories of posthuman transformation can shape, chasten, and reform modern (biotechnical) theories of posthuman enhancement
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| Zusammenfassung: | Ancient theories of posthuman transformation can shape, chasten, and reform modern (biotechnical) theories of posthuman enhancement |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 7 Plotinus as a Living Daimon -- Life -- The Nature of Daimones -- The Soul's Fall -- The Pneumatic Vehicle -- Daimonification Now -- Detachment -- The Conglomerate -- Civic and Purifying Virtues -- A God for a Guardian -- Transcendental Imagination -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Angelification of Zostrianos -- Introduction -- Threat -- Metaphysics -- Identity -- Alienation -- Ascent -- Glories -- Luminaries -- The Crown -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Advent or Apocalypse? -- The Posthuman -- Transhumanism -- The Problem -- The Great Mismatch -- Two Principles -- Two Criticisms -- Angels or Demons? -- Select Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index | |
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| contents | Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Epigraph -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Angels, Daimones, and the Modern Thirst for Transformation -- Angelomorphism -- Defining Angels -- Becoming Angels Today -- A Broader Discourse -- The Nature of Daimones -- Daimones and Heroes -- Daimones and Angels -- The Question of Deification -- Roadmap -- Chapter 1 Hesiod and Daimonification in the Archaic and Classical Periods -- Introduction -- Works -- Metallic Generations -- The Golden Generation -- Daimonified Individuals -- Phaethon -- Rhesus -- Darius -- Evagoras -- Alcestis -- Pythagoras -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Empedocles as Daimon -- Life -- Divinity -- The Cosmic Circle -- Purification -- Knowledge -- Healing -- God Within -- Love and Strife -- Daimones and Gods -- The Moon -- Fall -- Oracle and Vote -- Perjury and Defilement -- Fear -- Exile -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Plato and the Moralization of Daimonification -- Life -- Writings -- Plato on Daimones -- Republic -- The Cave -- Cratylus -- Timaeus -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Daimonification in Xenocrates, Plutarch, Apuleius, and Maximus of Tyre -- Xenocrates -- Plutarch -- Decline of Oracles -- The Daimonion of Socrates -- The Face in the Moon -- Apuleius of Madauros -- Maximus of Tyre -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Moses Angelified in Philo of Alexandria -- Philo's Story of Souls -- Moses -- Egypt -- Kore Kosmou -- Origin -- Fall -- Royal Souls -- Moses the Angel -- Ascent -- Final Departure -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Origen, Angelification, and the Angelified Jesus -- Life -- Angelification -- A Cosmic Meritocracy -- Fall -- Angelic Orders -- Kinds of Bodies -- Purgatory -- Ages -- Will Daimones Be Saved? -- Ether -- Ascent -- Transmigration -- Jesus -- Incarnation -- Resurrection -- Conclusion Chapter 7 Plotinus as a Living Daimon -- Life -- The Nature of Daimones -- The Soul's Fall -- The Pneumatic Vehicle -- Daimonification Now -- Detachment -- The Conglomerate -- Civic and Purifying Virtues -- A God for a Guardian -- Transcendental Imagination -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 The Angelification of Zostrianos -- Introduction -- Threat -- Metaphysics -- Identity -- Alienation -- Ascent -- Glories -- Luminaries -- The Crown -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Advent or Apocalypse? -- The Posthuman -- Transhumanism -- The Problem -- The Great Mismatch -- Two Principles -- Two Criticisms -- Angels or Demons? -- Select Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
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| title_full | Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought Becoming Angels and Demons |
| title_fullStr | Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought Becoming Angels and Demons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought Becoming Angels and Demons |
| title_short | Posthuman Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Thought |
| title_sort | posthuman transformation in ancient mediterranean thought becoming angels and demons |
| title_sub | Becoming Angels and Demons |
| topic | Transmigration-Moral and ethical aspects Antike (DE-588)4068754-5 gnd Metamorphose (DE-588)4038931-5 gnd Mensch (DE-588)4038639-9 gnd Jenseits (DE-588)4028567-4 gnd Dämonie (DE-588)4010873-9 gnd |
| topic_facet | Transmigration-Moral and ethical aspects Antike Metamorphose Mensch Jenseits Dämonie Mittelmeerraum |
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