33-00 – Lo Sguardo | Rivista di Filosofia Online https://www.losguardo.net Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:54:11 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.13 Subjects Beyond Themselves: Ecstasy and Vision in Western Thought https://www.losguardo.net/en/subjects-beyond-themselves-ecstasy-and-vision-in-western-thought-2/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:54:11 +0000 http://www.losguardo.net/?p=5032 EDITORIALE / Maria Vittoria Comacchi, Simone Guidi / In its literal meaning, the term ἔκστασις (ekstasis) indicates a displacement, ‘being out of immobility’, and ultimately being outside oneself. To some extent, this term takes on a mystical connotation in late Antiquity, notably in book VI.9.11.24 of Plotinus’ Enneads, where ekstasis is described as a non-ordinary...

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