Die arithmetische Feinstruktur im Traktat "De oratione" des Evagrios Pontikos
In the introduction to his tractate De oratione Evagrios Pontikos speaks of figures that are “triangles”, “squares”, and even “spheres”. These remarks are less cryptic if one regards the numerical systems used in late antiquity. However, they may hint at a hidden structure within De oratione. Select...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Deutsch |
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Brill
2018
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Vigiliae Christianae
Jahr: 2018, Band: 72, Heft: 1, Seiten: 21-40 |
| IxTheo Notationen: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CD Christentum und Kultur KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum |
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Evagrios Pontikos
De oratione
numerical system
structure
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| Zusammenfassung: | In the introduction to his tractate De oratione Evagrios Pontikos speaks of figures that are “triangles”, “squares”, and even “spheres”. These remarks are less cryptic if one regards the numerical systems used in late antiquity. However, they may hint at a hidden structure within De oratione. Selecting all chapters whose numbers are “triangles”, or “squares” respectively, etc., we find chains of sayings which follow certain themes woven into the “fabric” of the tractate. This discovery reveals again Evagrios as the master of literary composition. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0720 |
| Enthält: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341329 |