Plotinus : an introduction to the Enneads /

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Author / Creator:O'Meara, Dominic J.
Imprint:Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 142 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11194948
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ISBN:9780191524950
0191524956
9780191598128
0191598127
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9781281989741
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6611989749
0198751214 0198751478 9780198751472
9780198751212
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-136) and indexes.
English.
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Summary:"This book is addressed to readers new to the Enneads. One of the greatest of ancient philosophers, Plotinus is attracting ever-increasing attention from those interested in ancient philosophy, late Antiquity, and the importance of this period for the Western intellectual tradition. O'Meara presents a brief outline of Plotinus's life, and of the composition of the Enneads, placing Plotinus within the intellectual context of the philosophical schools and religious movements of his time. He then discusses selected Plotinian texts in relation to a number of central philosophical issues to show how Plotinus's thinking on these issues evolved, and to assess the historical importance of his philosophy." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0638/92024776-d.html
Other form:Print version: O'Meara, Dominic J. Plotinus. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 0198751214 9780198751212
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Plotinus' Life and Works
  • 1. Soul and Body
  • 2. The Relation between Sensible and Intelligible Reality
  • 3. Soul, Intellect, and the Forms
  • 4. Intellect and the One
  • 5. Speaking of the One
  • 6. The Derivation of All Things from the One (I)
  • 7. The Derivation of All Things from the One (II)
  • 8. Evil
  • 9. Beauty
  • 10. The Return of Soul: Philosophy and Mysticism
  • Epilogue: Plotinus in Western Thought
  • Guide to Further Reading
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Plotinian Texts
  • Index of Terms and Themes
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