Plotinus And The Platonic Metaphysical Hierarchy
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Plotinus and the platonic metaphysical hierarchy
Author | : Geoffrey Scott Bowe |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UOM:39015064713889 |
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PLOTINUS Ennead IV 8
Author | : Barrie Fleet |
Publsiher | : Parmenides Publishing |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2012-06-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781930972780 |
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Plotinus was much exercised by Plato's doctrines of the soul. In this treatise, at chapter 1 line 27, he talks of "e;the divine Plato, who has said in many places in his works many noble things about the soul and its arrival here, so that we can hope for some clarity from him. So what does the philosopher say? It is clear that he does not always speak with sufficient consistency for us to make out his intentions with any ease."e; The issue in this treatise is one that has puzzled students of Plato from ancient to modern times-and is indeed a popular topic for undergraduate essays even today: Why should the philosopher, who has ascended through a long and painful process of dialectic to "e;assimilation to the divine,"e; ever descend back into the body? Plotinus himself is said by Porphyry to have attained such a state of other-worldly transcendence on at least four occasions during his lifetime, so this was a very real and personal issue for him. In this treatise we see him grappling with it.
The Enneads
Author | : Plotinus |
Publsiher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 688 |
Release | : 2005-06-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780141913353 |
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Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204-70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought. Plotinus was convinced of the existence of a state of supreme perfection and argued powerfully that it was necessary to guide the human soul towards this state. Here he outlines his compelling belief in three increasingly perfect levels of existence - the Soul, the Intellect, and the One - and explains his conviction that humanity must strive to draw the soul towards spiritual transcendence. A fusion of Platonism, mystic passion and Aristotelian thought, The Enneads offers a highly original synthesis of early philosophical and religious beliefs, which powerfully influenced later Christian and Islamic theology.
PLOTINUS Ennead V 1 On the Three Primary Levels of Reality
Author | : Eric D Perl |
Publsiher | : Parmenides Publishing |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2015-12-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781930972926 |
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Plotinus' Treatise V.1 comes closer than any other to providing an outline of his entire spiritual and metaphysical system, and as such it may serve to some degree as an introduction to his philosophy. It addresses in condensed form a great many topics to which Plotinus elsewhere devotes extended discussion, including the problem of the multiple self; eternity and time; the unity-in-duality of intellect and the intelligible; and the derivation of intelligible being from the One. Above all, it shows that the so-called "e;three hypostases"e;-soul, intellect, and the One-are best understood not as a sequence of three things additional to one another, but as three levels of possession of the same content, so that each lower level-soul in relation to intellect and intellect in relation to the One-is an "e;image"e; and "e;expression"e; of its superior. Plotinus exhorts the human soul to overcome its alienation from its own true nature and its divine origin by first recognizing itself as superior to the body and the same in kind as the animating principle of the entire cosmos, and then discovering within itself the still higher levels of reality from which it derives: intellect and, ultimately, the One or Good, the supreme first principle of all things. To do so the soul must redirect its attention inward and upward to become aware of the divinity which is always within it but from which it is distracted by the clamor of the senses.
Plotinus the Platonist
Author | : David J. Yount |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2014-10-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781472575227 |
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In this insightful new book David J. Yount argues, against received wisdom, that there are no essential differences between the metaphysics of Plato and Plotinus. Yount covers the core principles of Plotinian thought: The One or Good, Intellect, and All-Soul (the Three Hypostases), Beauty, God(s), Forms, Emanation, Matter, and Evil. After addressing the interpretive issues that surround the authenticity of Plato's works, Plotinus: The Platonist deftly argues against the commonly held view that Plotinus is best interpreted as a Neo-Platonist, proposing he should be thought of as a Platonist proper. Yount presents thorough explanations and quotations from the works of each classical philosopher to demonstrate his thesis, concluding comprehensively that Plato and Plotinus do not essentially differ on their metaphysical conceptions. This is an ideal text for Plato and Plotinus scholars and academics, and excellent supplementary reading for upper-level undergraduates students and postgraduate students of ancient philosophy.
The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus
Author | : Lloyd P. Gerson |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 1996-08-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521476763 |
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Sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus' 'Neoplatonism'.
Plotinus on the Soul
Author | : Jennifer Yhap |
Publsiher | : Susquehanna University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781575910697 |
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Of interest to scholars in Plotinian studies, this book has yet a larger audience as the author investigates the full range of Plotinian epistemology from the originative production of the One, that is the Intellect, to the last declension of true being that is Nature, the lower part of world Soul. The style is fluid and appeals to scholars of ancient philosophy as well as more contemporary discussions in the field of metaphysics and epistemology."--BOOK JACKET.