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| Author(s): |
Pedro Barbieri Antunes
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2022-09-01 |
| Examining board members: |
José Marcos Mariani de Macedo;
Daniel Rossi Nunes Lopes;
Paulo Augusto de Souza Nogueira;
Américo Sommerman
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| Advisor: | José Marcos Mariani de Macedo |
| Abstract | |
The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection attributed to Hermes Trismegistus composed of 17 brief treatises of pedagogical-sapiential character, written around the I-III centuries A.D. Alternating between religion, mysticism and philosophical speculation, these texts deal with the creation of the world, the human conduct and its ontological potential. I intend to study the representative structures of Hermetism and demonstrate how the origin of the cosmos (arkhe) and human salvation (telos) were aligned, that is, how the beginning and the end present a necessary interdependence in this doctrine. In order to do so, these texts are initially guided by a binary evaluation of the living beings that make up the universe, based on the dichotomy between immortality (positive) and mortality (negative). Human ascension would correspond to the rehabilitation of man to his first natural condition, properly divine and immortal, latent in his capacity for epiphanic intellection, gnosis, an itinerary that suggests a consubstantiality between macrocosmic causality and individual purpose, both of which depending on the attainment of νοῦς. To accompany the study, I will present a complete translation of the entire Corpus Hermeticum, based on the text established by Nock and Festugière (1945-54). (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/10643-0 - Soteriology and cosmogonic structure in the Corpus Hermeticum |
| Grantee: | Pedro Barbieri Antunes |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |