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Plotinus : an introduction to the Enneads

Author: Dominic J O'Meara
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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O'Meara, Dominic J.
Plotinus.
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993
(OCoLC)654584625
Named Person: Plotinus.; Plotin.; Plotin (0205?-0270).
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dominic J O'Meara
ISBN: 0198751214 9780198751212
OCLC Number: 26260429
Description: ix, 142 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Dominic J. O'Meara.
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"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.

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