THE ROLE OF MEMORY IN ANCIENT GNOSTICISM: THE EXPERIENCE OF HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS
This article attempts to bridge the current gap in memorial researches. For this reason, the author made an effort to explicate Gnostic conceptualizations about memory on the basis of the historical and philosophical analysis of Gnostic works. Due to the involvement of a large number of currently available sources, the article shows an important place of memory in ontology, gnoseology, anthropology and soteriology of Gnostic thinkers. Among other things, the article represents a comparison of Gnostic teachings with other interpretations of memory in Graeco-Roman culture. Since memory is inextricably linked with the category of time, this article also touches upon the temporality of various levels of existence in Gnostic cosmology. The paper is created in order to give a deeper understanding of memory in ancient Gnosticism. The results of this work can be used in all areas of human sciences that are related to memory itself, as well as to the study of Gnosticism.