Plotinus: The Enneads A new unabridged, & definitive edition of the classic translation (Larson Publications Classic Reprint Series) - Hardcover

Plotinus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0943914558 ISBN 13: 9780943914558

Publisher: Larson Publications, 1993

Synopsis

Contains endnotes that compare MacKenna's original translation with several debatable revisions made by editors after his death, and shows how other translators (A H Armstrong, K S Guthrie, Thomas Taylor) handled these same passages. This book also contains an appendix from Anthony Damiani's The Enneads.

About this title

Synopsis:

This book is simply the most exalted translation of one of the finest products of the human mind. This edition makes it truly "the thinking person's Plotinus" as well: endnotes compare MacKenna's original translation with hundreds of debatable revisions made by editors in editions published after his death, and show how other major translators (A H Armstrong, K S Guthrie, Thomas Taylor) handle these same passages. It also contains a detailed appendix from Anthony Damiani's groundbreaking work, "The Enneads".

About the Author:

STEWART & SALLY WALTON are well known television artists and authors of craft and home decorating books. They have collaborated on a number of titles, including Folk Art, Instant Decorating, The New Home Decorator, Glorious Country, Stamp Style, Stamp Decorating and New Crafts: Paper Cutting and Woodcraft. They have a monthly feature in Homes and Ideas and television appearances include BBC2's highly acclaimed Home Front series and ITV's This Morning. Stewart and Sally live by the sea with their family.

About this edition

• Publisher: Larson Publications
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0943914558
• ISBN 13: 9780943914558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 747