O surgimento da ascética da alma na antiguidade grega: orfismo e pitagorismo

In the course of Greek Antiquity, there was a flourishing of certain movements that sought in the ascetic of the soul their purpose of life. In the religious domain, such conduct is characterized as the distinctive signature of orphic beliefs, whereas in the field of philosophy it reveals itself as...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Casoretti, Anna Maria
Format: master thesis
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2014
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da PUC_SP
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.pucsp.br:handle/11653
Online Access:https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/11653
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Ascetismo
Dualidade
Iniciação
Alma
Asceticism
Duality
Initiation
Soul
CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::FILOSOFIA
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Summary:In the course of Greek Antiquity, there was a flourishing of certain movements that sought in the ascetic of the soul their purpose of life. In the religious domain, such conduct is characterized as the distinctive signature of orphic beliefs, whereas in the field of philosophy it reveals itself as a peculiarity of pythagorean communities. Thus, the trajectory marked by the pursuit of the ascesis of the soul enters into the History of Philosophy as an "orphic-pythagorean" category, influencing the thought of eminent philosophers of Antiquity which, in turn, shall exert a strong influence over the later medieval thought. This dissertation examines the reasons scarcely explained in specific literature - that led the aforementioned circles into such a path, considering that the orphic-pythagorean asceticism, while an exercise of the soul, is a choice of life that entails a rigorous transformation of life