02143nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10226940 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070709s2008 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2007028310 9780754606963 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780754693017 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)560653452 BR115.L25 R58 2008eb 401 22 Robertson, David, 1967- Word and meaning in ancient Alexandria [electronic resource] : theories of language from Philo to Plotinus / David Robertson. Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub. Ltd., 2008. xiii, 117 p. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Philo -- Divine logos and human language -- Characteristics of mind -- Immateriality of mind -- The physical and the immaterial -- The nature of meaning -- The inferiority of speech -- The stoic legacy -- Clement -- The divine logos -- Dialectic and language -- The intelligibility of language -- Language, immateriality, and prayer -- Origen -- Christian platonism, psychology -- The immateriality of mind -- Voice and language -- Mind and body in language -- Other influences -- Plotinus -- The metaphysics of language -- Image and representation -- The logos of plotinus -- Limitations of language, origins of language -- The nature of language -- Soul and body, light and sound -- Language and communion -- Soul connection -- The unity of souls in politics. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Language and languages Religious aspects Christianity. Language and languages Philosophy. Christian literature, Early. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10226940 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 28809 28809