The Enneads: Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics)

Plotinus

ISBN 10: 014044520X / ISBN 13: 9780140445206

Published by Penguin Classics, 1991

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Enneads: Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics)
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 014044520X
• ISBN 13: 9780140445206
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: acceptable

About this title

Synopsis

Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204-70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor to Renaissance thought. Plotinus was convinced of the existence of a state of supreme perfection and argued powerfully that it was necessary to guide the human soul towards this state. Here he outlines his compelling belief in three increasingly perfect levels of existence - the Soul, the Intellect, and the One - and explains his conviction that humanity must strive to draw the soul towards spiritual transcendence. A fusion of Platonism, mystic passion and Aristotelian thought, The Enneads offers a highly original synthesis of early philosophical and religious beliefs, which powerfully influenced later Christian and Islamic theology.

About the Author

John Dillon is Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity College in Dublin.