The ideal of celibacy in Platonism: from Plato to Plotinus

Authors

  • Oleksandr Shatalovych Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University , Днiпропетровський нацiональний унiверситет iменi О. Гончара, м. Днiпропетровськ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i14.1834

Keywords:

Celibacy, platonism, orphism, asceticism, "spiritual" marriage, philosophical contemplation

Abstract

The paper explains conceptual sources, philosophical foundations and the key stages in developing the celibacy ideal in Platonism, which has influenced the formation of the ascetic traditions of a «spiritual» spousal between the human soul and God in Christianity, as well as the traditions of a «spiritual» family.

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Author Biography

  • Oleksandr Shatalovych, Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University, Днiпропетровський нацiональний унiверситет iменi О. Гончара, м. Днiпропетровськ

    Candidate of Philosophy (PhD)

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Published

01.07.2017

Issue

No. 14 (2013)

Section

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY AND PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY

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Copyright (c) 2013 Oleksandr Shatalovych

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How to Cite

The ideal of celibacy in Platonism: from Plato to Plotinus. (2017). Actual Problems of Mind, 14, 70-81. https://doi.org/10.31812/apd.v0i14.1834