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| Manichaeism: Manichaeism is an ancient religion founded in the 3rd century CE by the Parthian prophet Mani. It teaches a dualistic cosmology, describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light and an evil, material world of darkness._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Otfried Höffe on Manichaeism - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 97 Manichaeism/Höffe: The religious community founded by Mani (215/16-277), which combines Christian with Persian and Buddhist elements, is based on a sharp dualism of light and darkness in the sense of good and evil. Similar to the ascent within Plato's allegory of the cave, the path from darkness to light finally leads to salvation. Through a successful world mission this religion finds followers from Spain to China, far beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. >Augustine/Höffe._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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