Plotinus, Neoplatonism, & the transcendence of the one /
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| Author / Creator: | Halfwassen, Jens, author. |
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| Imprint: | Steubenville, OH : Franciscan University Press, [2021] |
| Description: | xxvii, 271 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Theandrites |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12715124 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Jens Halfwassen and the German intellectual Tradition
- Career and Research Interests
- Philosophical Views
- Notes on the Translation
- Final Remarks
- Part I. Plotinus and Neoplatonism
- Foreword to the Original German Edition of Plotinus and Neoplatonism
- Chapter 1. What Is Neoplatonism?
- 1. Neoplatonism's Position in the History of Ideas
- 2. Appeal to Plato
- 3. Additional Influences
- Chapter 2. Plotinus: The Man and His Works
- 1. Plotinus' Life
- 2. Plotinus' Treatises
- Chapter 3. The Metaphysics of the One
- 1. The One as the Basis for Being and Thought
- 2. The Ascent to the Absolute
- 3. Absolute Transcendence and Negative Theology
- 4. Plotinus' Mysticism: Ecstasis as the Self Rising above Thought
- Chapter 4. The Metaphysics of Intellect
- 1. The Intellect as the Identity of Thought and Being
- 2. Intellect as the Plenitude of Being
- a. The Priority of Being before Thought
- b. Being as Self-Unfolding and Self-Mediation
- c. Everything in Everything
- d. The Unity of Opposites
- e. Self-Consciousness
- 3. The Origin of Intellect
- a. Self-Reference and Intellect's Anticipation of Unity
- b. The Original Act of Thought: Procession and Reversion
- c. The Relationship of Intellect to Transcendence
- Chapter 5. Soul, World, and Man
- 1. The Soul as the Image of Intellect
- 2. Time and Eternity
- a. Eternity as the Life of Intellect
- b. Time as the Life of Soul
- 3. World Generation and the Understanding of Nature
- a. The Soul as World Generator
- b. Nature as Contemplation
- c. Matter
- 4. Man and Freedom
- a. What Is Man?
- b. Freedom as Self-Determination and as Transcendence
- Chapter 6. Neoplatonism after Plotinus
- 1. Porphyry
- a. Triadic Metaphysics
- b. The Discovery of the Will
- c. The Philosophical Interpretation of Religion
- 2. Proclus
- a. From Iamblichus to Proclus
- b. Proclean Dialectic
- c. The End of the Academy
- 3. Christian Neoplatonism
- 4. Further Developments
- Chronology
- Part II. The Transcendence of the One
- Chapter 7. Beyond Being and Non-Being: How Can One Argue for Transcendence?
- 1. The Ontological Proof of God and the Absolute
- 2. Plato's Hypothesis Method as a Demonstration of the Absolute
- 3. Three Arguments for the Transcendence of the Absolute
- 4. The Identification of Transcendence as a Knowing Non-Knowing
- Chapter 8. Plotinus' Interpretation of Plato's Theory of Principles
- 1. Plotinus as Plato's Interpreter
- 2. Why Does Plato Postulate a Second Principle alongside the One?
- 3. The Unitary Form of Intellect
- 4. The Unity of the Intellect and of Monism as the Basis of Unity
- 5. The Two-Stage Original Act of Thought
- Chapter 9. Waking Up to Itself: Plotinus' Concept of Insight
- 1. Insight and Discursive Thought
- 1. Internalization
- 3. All-Unity
- 4. Concrete Totality
- 5. Beauty
- 6. Self-Knowledge
- 7. Summary
- Chapter 10. Proclus on the Transcendence of the One in Plato
- 1. Proclus' Understanding of Himself as a Platonist
- 2. Origen the Pagan's Interpretation of Plato
- 3. Proclus' Reading of the Key Platonic Texts Concerning the Transcendence of the Absolute
- 4. Speusippus as the Principal Witness for the Transcendence of the One
- Bibliography
- Publications of Jens Halfwassen
- Index
