Revelry and reverie in Plato and early Christian thinkers: Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides

Revelry and reverie in Plato and early Christian thinkers: Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius

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Abstract

This article examines Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in the works of Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius. It analyzes how these Christian thinkers reinterpreted the concepts of "baccheia" and "theoria" to describe the act of acquiring an altered state of consciousness through philosophy and spiritual progress, whose target is the Heavenly kingdom. Drawing on Platonic texts and their Christian adaptations, the article also shows how these metaphors have contributed to the Christian ascetic tradition.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The soul's communion with God in western and Byzantine Christianity
Editors	Luminiţa Diaconu, Andra Jugănaru
Place of Publication	Bucharest
Publisher	Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press (EUB - BUP)
Pages	43-73
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Print)	9786061615148
Publication status	Published - 2024

Keywords

rejoicing
reverie
theoria
ecstasy
asceticism

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Anagnostou-Laoutides, Eva. / Revelry and reverie in Plato and early Christian thinkers : Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius. The soul's communion with God in western and Byzantine Christianity. editor / Luminiţa Diaconu ; Andra Jugănaru. Bucharest : Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press (EUB - BUP), 2024. pp. 43-73

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Anagnostou-Laoutides, E 2024, Revelry and reverie in Plato and early Christian thinkers: Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius. in L Diaconu & A Jugănaru (eds), The soul's communion with God in western and Byzantine Christianity. Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press (EUB - BUP), Bucharest, pp. 43-73.

Revelry and reverie in Plato and early Christian thinkers: Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius. / Anagnostou-Laoutides, Eva.
The soul's communion with God in western and Byzantine Christianity. ed. / Luminiţa Diaconu; Andra Jugănaru. Bucharest: Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press (EUB - BUP), 2024. p. 43-73.

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Anagnostou-Laoutides E. Revelry and reverie in Plato and early Christian thinkers: Platonic metaphors of ecstasy in Clement of Alexandria and Pseudo-Macarius. In Diaconu L, Jugănaru A, editors, The soul's communion with God in western and Byzantine Christianity. Bucharest: Editura Universității din București - Bucharest University Press (EUB - BUP). 2024. p. 43-73

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