| Description |
xii, 279 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The library of perennial philosophy |
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The perennial philosophy series |
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Library of perennial philosophy.
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Perennial philosophy series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index. |
| Contents |
The philosophy of Plotinus the Egyptian / by Algis Uždavinys -- Plotinus and his master Ammonius -- Plotinus and his school in Rome -- Plotinus and the tradition of hellenic philosophy -- The metaphysics of Plotinus -- Mystical experience, self-knowledge, and union with the one -- Plotinus between east and west -- Remarks on Stephen MacKenna's translation -- Plotinus: the Enneads -- Enn. I.2: on the virtues -- Enn. I.3: on dialectic -- Enn. I.6: on beauty -- Enn. II.9: against the gnostics -- Enn. III.2: on providence (I) -- Enn. III.5: on love -- Enn. III.6: on the impassivity of the unembodied -- Enn. III.8: on nature, contemplation, and the one -- Enn. IV.3: problems of the soul (I) -- Enn. IV.4: problems of the soul (II) -- Enn. IV.8: the soul's descent into body -- Enn. V.8: on the intelligible beauty -- Enn. VI.5: on the integral omnipresence of the authentic existent (II) -- Enn. VI.7: how the multiplicity of the ideal-forms came into being and on the good -- Enn. VI.8: on free will and the will of the one -- Enn. VI.9: on the good, or the one -- Porphyry's On the cave of the nymphs and the spiritual exegesis of homer by Algis Uždavinys -- Porphyry and his works -- Odysseus as a philosopher and spiritual hero -- Porphyry's allegorical interpretation of Homer -- Numenius and his pythagorean philosophy -- Cronius, the companion of numenius -- Remarks on Thomas Taylor's translation -- Porphyry: on the cave of the nymphs. |
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Plotinus.
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Plotinus. Enneads.
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Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305.
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Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. Peri tou en Odysseia tōn nymphōn antrou.
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Plotinus. Enneades.
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Plotinus. (OCoLC)fst00049787
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Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305. (OCoLC)fst01802571
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Enneads (Plotinus) (OCoLC)fst01358526
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Peri tou en Odysseia tōn nymphōn antrou (Porphyry) (OCoLC)fst01789624
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| Added Author |
Uždavinys, Algis, 1962-2010.
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| ISBN |
9781933316697 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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1933316691 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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