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Ennead, Volume VI: 1-5 by Plotinus (1988, Hardcover)
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Ennead VI.15 by Plotinus, A.H. Armstrong. Title Ennead VI.15. Plotinus (204/5-270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads).
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674994906
ISBN-139780674994904
eBay Product ID (ePID)145656
Product Key Features
Book TitleEnnead, Volume VI: 1-5
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicAncient, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Metaphysics
Publication Year1988
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Philosophy
AuthorPlotinus
Book SeriesLoeb Classical Library
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight10.2 Oz
Item Length0.6 in
Item Width0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number445
Volume NumberVI
Dewey Decimal186.4
Table Of ContentPreface Sigla Ordo Enneadvm Ordo Chronologicvs Ennead VI 1. On The Kinds Of Being I 2. On The Kinds Of Being II 3. On The Kinds Of Being III 4. On The Presence Of Being, One And The Same, Everywhere As A Whole I 5. On The Presence Of Being, One And The Same, Everywhere As A Whole II
SynopsisPlotinus was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them sometime between AD 301 and 305 in six sets of nine treatises each (Enneads), with a biography of his master in which he also explains his editorial principles., Plotinus (204/5-270 CE) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads). Plotinus regarded Plato as his master, and his own philosophy is a profoundly original development of the Platonism of the first two centuries of the Christian era and the closely related thought of the Neopythagoreans, with some influences from Aristotle and his followers and the Stoics, whose writings he knew well but used critically. He is a unique combination of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His thought dominated later Greek philosophy and influenced both Christians and Moslems, and is still alive today because of its union of rationality and intense religious experience. In his acclaimed edition of Plotinus, Armstrong provides excellent introductions to each treatise. His invaluable notes explain obscure passages and give reference to parallels in Plotinus and others., Plato's most influential disciple and proponent. Plotinus (AD 204/5-270), possibly of Roman descent, but certainly a Greek in education and environment, was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. Practically nothing is known of his early life, but at the age of 28 he went to Alexandria, and studied philosophy with Ammonius "Saccas" for eleven years. Wishing to learn the philosophy of the Persians and Indians, he joined the expedition of Gordian III against the Persians in 243, not without subsequent danger. Aged 40 he settled in Rome and taught philosophy there till shortly before his death. In 253 he began to write, and continued to do so till the last year of his life. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads ). Plotinus regarded Plato as his master, and his own philosophy is a profoundly original development of the Platonism of the first two centuries of the Christian era and the closely related thought of the Neopythagoreans, with some influences from Aristotle and his followers and the Stoics, whose writings he knew well but used critically. There is no real trace of Oriental influence on his thought, and he was passionately opposed to Gnosticism. He is a unique combination of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His thought dominated later Greek philosophy and influenced both Christians and Muslims, and is still alive today because of its union of rationality and intense religious experience. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Plotinus is in seven volumes.
LC Classification NumberB693.E6
