Plotinus
PLOTINUS (205–270), founder of Neoplatonism. The Life of Plotinus, philosopher and mystic, was written by his pupil, Porphyry, who edited his master's lectures into six groups o...
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Plotinus
204?-270
Greek philosopher whose writings were posthumously published in six books called the Enneads. Plotinus studied at Alexandria and went on to teach in Rome. His writings reinterpreted ...
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Plotinus [addendum]
What is it, Plotinus asks (Plotinus 1956), that lures the eye toward a beautiful sight and that draws the ear to a beautiful sound? It is the thrill that the soul feels in sensing ...
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Plotinus(C. 205–270)
Plotinus, usually considered the founder of Neoplatonism, was probably born in Lykopolis, Upper Egypt, and he may have been a Hellenized Egyptian rather than a Greek. He tu...
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Biography EssayPlotinus, the founder of Neoplatonism, was the last profoundly creative thinker of the ancient pagan world. He was an original and penetrating interpreter of Plato, and his importance i...
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The Greek philosopher Plotinus (205-270) was the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy, which became the most formidable rival of Christianity in the declining years of the ancient world.Plo...
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Plotinus, the founder of Neoplatonism, was the last profoundly creative thinker of the ancient pagan world. He was an original and penetrating interpreter of Plato, and his importance in the history o...
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In the following essay, Dodds traces Plato's influence on the thought of Plotinus.
expedition to the East with a view to studying the philosophy of Persia and India, but failed to get there;...
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In the following excerpt, Emilsson explores the concept of hierarchy in Plotinus's picture of reality.
The most striking feature of Plotinus' philosophy, and of Neoplatonism generally...
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In the following excerpt, Schroeder investigates what Porphyry meant in describing Plotinus as being “present at once to himself and to others.”
Porphyry describes Plotinus' re...
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In the following essay, Strange analyzes how, in Ennead 3.7, Plotinus attempts to overcome problems concerning eternity and time.
Plotinus's treatise on eternity and time, Ennead 3.7 in Porp...
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In the following essay, Leroux attempts to clarify some of the more difficult aspects of Plotinus's ideas regarding freedom.
Freedom belongs to the category of issues that affect the whole o...
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In the following essay, Schroeder explores how Plotinus dealt with the limitations of language in describing the principle of the One.
I Representation
Plotinus's highest metaphysical princi...
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In the following essay, Sinnige examines Plotinus's conception of the nature of individuality.
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The problem of being an autonomous person in one's own right is as old as Greek philo...
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In the following excerpt, Rappe contends that Plotinus used metaphorical language in the Enneads to help readers to understand difficult concepts.
The significance of imagery or symbolism in the En...
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In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture in 1956, Armstrong contrasts the beliefs of Plotinus with those held by Christians.
Plotinian studies are certainly at the moment in a live...
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In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture in 1959, Dodds outlines how Plotinus's ideas broke from Platonic doctrines.
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The collected philosophical essays of Plotinus—...
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In the following essay, Rist attempts to defend Plotinus against the charge that his writings about the relationship between matter and evil are inconsistent.
In The Discussion which followed his p...
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In the following excerpt, Armstrong summarizes Plotinus's system of thought and provides some background on the history of his writing.
I. the Enneads
Plotinus, as Porphyry tells us in his L...
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In the following excerpt, Rist outlines how Plotinus's ideas differ from those of Plato and Aristotle.
‘It is necessary to take the notable opinions of the ancients and consider wheth...
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In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture in 1979, Armstrong examines Plotinus's ideas concerning freedom and free will.
The treatise “On the Voluntary and the Will of...
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In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture, Bos analyzes the conclusions Plotinus reached concerning contemplation and rationality.
1. Introduction: Boehm's Critique of Modern ...
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In the following essay, originally presented as a lecture, Ferwada considers the question of whether Plotinus showed inconsistency in the matter of pity.
When you have gone beyond giver and gift an...
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Plotinus
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Plotinus [addendum]
Plotinus
Plotinus
Critical Essay by E. R. Dodds
