The Review of Metaphysics, December 1st, 1996
Gerson, Lloyd P., The Arguments of the Philosophers. New York: Routledge, 1994. xviii + 338 pp. Cloth, $59.95--This is an unusual book in that it is neither a synthetic presentation of Plotinus' thought nor an examination of a particular topic in Plotinus. It is rather, as the series title indicates, a study of Plotinus's arguments on a wide range of issues. For this reason, it would make exceptionally difficult reading for anyone who is not already familiar with Plotinus's philosophy.
The book's most distinctive feature is that Gerson consistently emphasizes the extent to which Plotinus's ...
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