Plotinus the master and the apotheosis of Imperial Platonism /

Plotinus the master and the apotheosis of Imperial Platonism /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Altman, William H. F., 1955- author.
Imprint:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2024]
Description:	xxviii, 444 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Plotinus -- Influence. Plotinus Neoplatonism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Neoplatonism
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13413212

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ISBN:	9781666944396 1666944394 9781666944402
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"With both the Roman Empire and contemporary scholarship as backdrop, this book contrasts the Imperial Platonism of Plotinus with Plato's own by distinguishing one as a master enlightening disciples, and the other as an Athenian teacher who taught students to discover the truth for themselves in the Academy"--
Other form:	Online version: Altman, William H. F., 1955- Plotinus the master and the apotheosis of imperial Platonism Lanham : Lexington Books, [024] 9781666944402

Table of Contents:

Plotinus the master
Porphyry the disciple
Porphyry's successors
Imperial Platonism and the Gnostics
Pierre Hadot and the real Plotinus
Plotinus on Plato's One
The rhetorical apotheosis of imperial Platonism.