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a new translation of the unreformed text from the Syriac
Introductory essay: Recovering the true thought of the Origenian Evagrius: a needed reassessment of the influence of Origen and Gregory of Nyssa on Evagrius -- Evagrius's life reconsidered in light of Origen's and Gregory's influence -- The Kephalaia gnostika, their two versions, and their riddles -- Evagrius's works, the loss of some in Greek, their survival in translations -- The letter to Melania and its relation to the Kephalaia gnostika -- Good and evil, gnosis and ignorance, virtue and sin, apatheia and passions, and restoration -- The aeons and the telos -- Christ, the attainment of unity, and creation -- The positive role of matter and a crucial (and overlooked) terminological distinction: different kinds of bodies -- Apatheia, pathē, and charity-love, which is no pathos -- Judgment and providence, justice and mercy -- Conclusions: contribution to research -- The present commentary and acknowledgments -- Evagrius, Kephalaia gnostika: translation and commentary.
translated with an introduction and commentary by Illaria L.E. Ramelli.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and indexes.
Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; no. 38
9781628370393 (paper binding : alk. paper)
9781628370416 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)
1628370416 (hardcover binding : alk. paper)