Plotinos

Plotinos
Author: Plotinus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1918
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Plotinus: Road to Reality

Plotinus: Road to Reality
Author: John M. Rist
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1967
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521060851

This 1967 study begins with a brief biography of Plotinus, and goes on to discuss Plotinus' concept of the one, the logos and free will.

Plotinus

Plotinus
Author: Plotinus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1918
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The Essential Plotinus

The Essential Plotinus
Author: Plotinus
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1964-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780915144099

'The Essential Plotinus is a lifesaver. For many years my students in Greek and Roman Religion have depended on it to understand the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The translation is crisp and clear, and the excerpts are just right for an introduction to Plotionus's many-layered view of the world and humankind's place in it' - F. E. Romer, University of Arizona

Reading Plotinus

Reading Plotinus
Author: Kevin Corrigan
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2005
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781557532343

Plotinus was one of the most influential philosophers of the early Christian world, whose life was dedicated to the care of others and whose extensive treatises were recorded and preserved by his pupil and colleague Porphyry. This book provides a guide to reading and understanding Plotinus and covers many of the topics that he contemplated.

Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision

Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
Author: Pierre Hadot
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2022-08-22
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0226827135

Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation—complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography—at last makes this book available to the English-speaking world. Hadot carefully examines Plotinus's views on the self, existence, love, virtue, gentleness, and solitude. He shows that Plotinus, like other philosophers of his day, believed that Plato and Aristotle had already articulated the essential truths; for him, the purpose of practicing philosophy was not to profess new truths but to engage in spiritual exercises so as to live philosophically. Seen in this light, Plotinus's counsel against fixation on the body and all earthly matters stemmed not from disgust or fear, but rather from his awareness of the negative effect that bodily preoccupation and material concern could have on spiritual exercises.

The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus

The Cambridge Companion to Plotinus
Author: Lloyd P. Gerson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 1996-08-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139825259

Each volume of this series of companions to major philosophers contains specially commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. One aim of the series is to dispel the intimidation such readers often feel when faced with the work of a difficult and challenging thinker. Plotinus was the greatest philosopher in the 700-year period between Aristotle and Augustine. He thought of himself as a disciple of Plato, but in his efforts to defend Platonism against Aristotelians, Stoics, and others, he actually produced a reinvigorated version of Platonism that later came to be known as 'Neoplatonism'. In this volume, sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus' complex system. They place Plotinus in the history of ancient philosophy while showing that he was a founder of medieval philosophy.

Plotinus

Plotinus
Author: Eyjólfur K. Emilsson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2017-02-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134328753

Plotinus (AD 205–270) was the founder of Neoplatonism, whose thought has had a profound influence on medieval philosophy, and on Western philosophy more broadly. In this engaging book, Eyjólfur K. Emilsson introduces and explains the full spectrum of Plotinus’ philosophy for those coming to his work for the first time. Beginning with a chapter-length overview of Plotinus’ life and works which also assesses the Platonic, Aristotelian and Stoic traditions that influenced him, Emilsson goes on to address key topics including: Plotinus’ originality the status of souls Plotinus’ language the notion of the One or the Good Intellect, including Plotinus’ holism the physical world the soul and the body, including emotions and the self Plotinus’ ethics Plotinus’ influence and legacy. Including a chronology, glossary of terms and suggestions for further reading, Plotinus is an ideal introduction to this major figure in Western philosophy, and is essential reading for students of ancient philosophy and classics.

Plotinus on the Soul

Plotinus on the Soul
Author: Damian Caluori
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2015-06-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107105951

The first comprehensive study of Plotinus' theory of the soul for half a century.