Tradition
Gnosis
Overview
Gnosis is the common Greek noun for knowledge (γνῶσις, gnōsis, f.). The term was used among various Hellenistic religions and philosophies in the Greco-Roman world. It is best known for its implication within Gnosticism, where it signifies a spiritual knowledge or insight into humanity's real nature as divine, leading to the deliverance of the divine spark within humanity from the constraints of earthly existence.
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Philosophers who discussed Gnosis
- Mulla Sadra
- Gorampa
- Mircea Eliade
- Eric Voegelin
- Kundakunda
- Hans Jonas
- Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi
- Vladimir Lossky
- Ahmad Fardid
Related ideas
- Eastern Orthodox Church
- French language
- Hellenistic philosophy
- Jesus
- Faith
- Monad (Gnosticism)
- Adam and Eve
- German language
- Greek language
- Gnosticism
- Harvard University Press
- Gospel
- Dualism in cosmology
- Hesychasm
- Contemplation
- Insight
- Intuition
- Judaism
- Transcendence (philosophy)
- Byzantine Empire
- Sophia (wisdom)
- London
- Sethianism
- Grace in Christianity
Place in the tradition
Part of Avicennism.