The Essential Plotinus
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The Essential Plotinus
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Author : Plotinus
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 1964-01-01
The Essential Plotinus written by Plotinus and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
'The Essential Plotinus is a lifesaver. For many years my students in Greek and Roman Religion have depended on it to understand the transition from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The translation is crisp and clear, and the excerpts are just right for an introduction to Plotionus's many-layered view of the world and humankind's place in it' - F. E. Romer, University of Arizona
Plotinus Or The Simplicity Of Vision
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Author : Pierre Hadot
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1998-04-28
Plotinus Or The Simplicity Of Vision written by Pierre Hadot and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-04-28 with Philosophy categories.
Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation—complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography—at last makes this book available to the English-speaking world. Hadot carefully examines Plotinus's views on the self, existence, love, virtue, gentleness, and solitude. He shows that Plotinus, like other philosophers of his day, believed that Plato and Aristotle had already articulated the essential truths; for him, the purpose of practicing philosophy was not to profess new truths but to engage in spiritual exercises so as to live philosophically. Seen in this light, Plotinus's counsel against fixation on the body and all earthly matters stemmed not from disgust or fear, but rather from his awareness of the negative effect that bodily preoccupation and material concern could have on spiritual exercises.
Pursuits Of Wisdom
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Author : John Madison Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2012
Pursuits Of Wisdom written by John Madison Cooper and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Philosophy categories.
This is a major reinterpretation of ancient philosophy that recovers the long Greek and Roman tradition of philosophy as a complete way of life--and not simply an intellectual discipline. Distinguished philosopher John Cooper traces how, for many ancient thinkers, philosophy was not just to be studied or even used to solve particular practical problems. Rather, philosophy--not just ethics but even logic and physical theory--was literally to be lived. Yet there was great disagreement about how to live philosophically: philosophy was not one but many, mutually opposed, ways of life. Examining this tradition from its establishment by Socrates in the fifth century BCE through Plotinus in the third century CE and the eclipse of pagan philosophy by Christianity, Pursuits of Wisdom examines six central philosophies of living--Socratic, Aristotelian, Stoic, Epicurean, Skeptic, and the Platonist life of late antiquity. The book describes the shared assumptions that allowed these thinkers to conceive of their philosophies as ways of life, as well as the distinctive ideas that led them to widely different conclusions about the best human life. Clearing up many common misperceptions and simplifications, Cooper explains in detail the Socratic devotion to philosophical discussion about human nature, human life, and human good; the Aristotelian focus on the true place of humans within the total system of the natural world; the Stoic commitment to dutifully accepting Zeus's plans; the Epicurean pursuit of pleasure through tranquil activities that exercise perception, thought, and feeling; the Skeptical eschewal of all critical reasoning in forming their beliefs; and, finally, the late Platonist emphasis on spiritual concerns and the eternal realm of Being.Pursuits of Wisdom is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding what the great philosophers of antiquity thought was the true purpose of philosophy--and of life.
The Essential Plotinus
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Author : Plotinus
language : en
Publisher: Signet
Release Date : 1964
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Plotinus And Epicurus
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Author : Angela Longo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-08-03
Plotinus And Epicurus written by Angela Longo and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-03 with Philosophy categories.
Proposes a new way of understanding themes such as matter, knowledge, human happiness and the gods in Epicurus and Plotinus.
The Essential Plotinus
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Author : Plotin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
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The Cambridge Companion To Plotinus
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Author : Lloyd P. Gerson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-08-13
The Cambridge Companion To Plotinus written by Lloyd P. Gerson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-13 with Philosophy categories.
Sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus' 'Neoplatonism'.
Plotinus On Number
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Author : Svetla Slaveva-Griffin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-03-04
Plotinus On Number written by Svetla Slaveva-Griffin and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-04 with Philosophy categories.
Plotinus on Number studies the fundamental role which number plays in the architecture of the universe in Neoplatonic philosophy. This book draws attention to Platinus' concept as a necesscary and fundamental link between the Platonic and the late Neoplatonic theories of number.
The Essential Plotinus
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Author : Plotinus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
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