Plotinos Complete Works, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint): In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods: In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie

 
9781330852873: Plotinos Complete Works, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint): In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods: In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

This book contains the complete works of Plotinus, a philosopher born in Egypt in the 3rd century CE. The book is divided into six groups of nine, or Enneads, each containing works on related topics. The first Ennead covers morality, the second physics, and the third the nature of the world. The writings contained in this book are significant because they present Plotinus' ideas on the nature of reality, the soul, and the good life. Plotinus believed that the highest good is union with the One, an ineffable and transcendent being. His works have had a profound influence on Western philosophy and mysticism and remain essential reading for anyone interested in the history of these subjects.

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Excerpt from Plotinos Complete Works, Vol. 1: In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods

The writer, having no thesis such as Drews' to justify, will welcome all corrections and suggestions. He regrets the inevitable uncertainties of capitalization (as between the supreme One, Intelligence world-soul and Daemon or guardian, and the lower one, intel ligence, soul and demon or guardian); and any other inconsistencies'of which he may have been guilty; and he beseeches the mantle of charity in view of the stupendousness of the undertaking, in which he prac ticaly could get no assistance of any kind, and also in view of the almost insuperable difficulties of his own career. He, however, begs to assure the reader that he did exerything ad majorem Dei gloriam lndex.

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