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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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Alemão |
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Brill
2018
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Vigiliae Christianae
Ano: 2018, Volume: 72, Número: 1, Páginas: 21-40 |
| Classificações IxTheo: | CB Existência cristã CD Cristianismo ; Cultura KAB Cristianismo primitivo |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Evagrios Pontikos
De oratione
numerical system
structure
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| Resumo: | 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 |
| Obras secundárias: | In: Vigiliae Christianae
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341329 |