The Heart of Plotinus The Essential Enneads

by Uzdavinys, Aldis; Bregman, Jay

• ISBN13: 9781933316697
• ISBN10: 1933316691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-16
• Publisher: World Wisdom

Summary

What can the ancient philosophy of Plotinus teach us today?

Author Biography

Algis Uzcheck;davinys is a Professor and Head of the Department of Humanities at Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, Kaunas Faculty, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Lithuanian State Institute of Culture, Philosophy, and Arts.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
The Philosophy of Plotinus the Egyptian
Plotinus and His Master Ammonius	p. 1
Plotinus and His School in Rome	p. 10
Plotinus and the Tradition of Hellenic Philosophy	p. 14
The Metaphysics of Plotinus	p. 21
Mystical Experience, Self-Knowledge, and Union with the One	p. 29
Plotinus between East and West	p. 35
Remarks on Stephen MacKenna's Translation	p. 43
Plotinus: The Enneads
On the Virtues	p. 47
On Dialectic	p. 58
On Beauty	p. 64
Against the Gnostics	p. 77
On Providence (I)	p. 86
On Love	p. 96
On the Impassivity of the Unembodied	p. 111
On Nature, Contemplation, and the One	p. 118
Problems of the Soul (I)	p. 136
Problems of the Soul (II)	p. 145
The Soul's Descent into Body	p. 158
On the Intelligible Beauty	p. 169
On the Integral Omnipresence of the Authentic Existent (II)	p. 187
How the Multiplicity of the Ideal-Forms Came into Being; and on the Good	p. 193
On Free Will and the Will of the One	p. 204
On the Good, or the One	p. 209
Porphyry's On the Cave of the Nymphs and the Spiritual Exegesis of Homer by Algis Uždavinys
Porphyry and His Works	p. 223
Odysseus as a Philosopher and Spiritual Hero	p. 224
Porphyry's Allegorical Interpretation of Homer	p. 227
Numenius and His Pythagorean Philosophy	p. 230
Cronius, the Companion of Numenius	p. 235
Remarks on Thomas Taylor's Translation	p. 236
Porphry: On The Cave of The Nymphs	p. 239
Selected Bibliography	p. 267
Biographical Notes	p. 271
Index	p. 273
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