Institute for the Classical Tradition
ANRW II.36.1, pp. 701-712
 
Asceticism as Athletic Training in Plotinus
by Daniel A. Dombrowski, Omaha, Nebraska

Contents

I. Introduction

701

II. Some Previous Scholars

702

III. Plotinus's Use of Askesis

704

IV. Athletic Metaphors

706

V. 'Askesis' as 'Katharsis'

707

VI. The Soul as Active

708

VII. Porphyry's Testimony

710

VIII. Conclusion

711
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