Plotinus, Neoplatonism, & the transcendence of the one /

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Author / Creator:Halfwassen, Jens, author.
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
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Other uniform titles:O'Brien, Carl Sean,
Halfwassen, Jens. Plotin und der Neuplatonismus. English.
Halfwassen, Jens Auf den Spuren des Einen. Selections. English.
ISBN:9781733988995
1733988998
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.
Publications of Jens Halfwassen (pages 253-264).
Summary:"Plotinus (204-70) is the founder of Neoplatonism and its most significant thinker. He shaped late antique philosophy and significantly influenced the entire metaphysical tradition of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and German Idealism. In this volume, Jens Halfwassen presents Plotinus' life and work, as well as the most important aspects of his historical influence. Issues of key importance for the Neoplatonists-such as the interaction between Being and Thought, the ascent of the soul, and the interpretation of Plato's theory of principles-are explained in detail in the course of outlining the Neoplatonic metaphysical system. The introduction outlines Halfwassen's significant contribution to the study of Plotinus, paying particular attention to the differences between the current German and Anglophone approaches to the Platonic tradition"--
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