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| Other uniform titles: | Plotinus. Enneads. II, 4. English.
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| ISBN: | 9781429469517
142946951X
1280844140
9781280844140
0199287120
9780199287123
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-219) and indexes.
Greek text with parallel English translation, commentary & introduction in English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | A philosophical commentary on a section of the Enneads written by the last great Neoplatonist thinker, Plotinus. The treatise is entitled 'Concerning Well-Being' and was written at a late stage in Plotinus' life when he was suffering from an illness that was shortly to kill him. Its main concern is with the good man and how he should pursue the good life. The treatise is therefore central to our understanding of Plotinus' ethical theory, and the commentary seeks to explicate and elucidate that theory. Plotinus' views on how one should live in order to fulfil oneself as a human being are as relevant now as they were in the third century AD. All Greek and Latin is translated, while short summaries introducing the content of each chapter help to make Plotinus' argument clear even to the non-specialist.
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| Other form: | Print version: McGroarty, Kieran. Plotinus on eudaimonia. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0199287120 9780199287123
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