Plotinus and the Presocratics: A Philosophical Study of Presocratic Influences in Plotinus' Enneads (Ancient Greek Philosophy)
Language: English
Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 2007
Series: Book 23 of 64 - SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
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State Univ. of New York Press, copyright 2007. Scholarly paperback, 9 inches tall, xi + 270 pages including appendix, notes, bibliography, and indexes, no illustrations except cover image. This copy in very good or better condition. Clean, crisp, unmarked text. No hi-liting or marginal notes. Firm binding, no loose pages. Book looks only lightly used. The corners of the covers are just very slightly curled. Just a very minor issue. College or professional level. If you know a little Greek, so much the better. “Despite the fact that the Presocratic philosophers are present in the Enneads, in modern scholarship on Plotinus, scant attention has been paid to the Presocratic origins of his thought.” This book attempts to remedy that neglect.
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- Title
- Plotinus and the Presocratics: A Philosophical Study of Presocratic Influences in Plotinus' Enneads (Ancient Greek Philosophy)
- Author
- Stamatellos, Giannis
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0791470628
- ISBN 13
- 9780791470626
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 0.9 pounds
- Dimensions
- 6 inches width by 9 inches height by 0.64 inches depth
- Series
- Book 23 of 64: SUNY series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Filling the void in the current scholarship, Giannis Stamatellos provides the first book-length study of the Presocratic influences in Plotinus’ Enneads. Widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (204–270 AD) assimilated eight centuries of Greek thought into his work. In this book Stamatellos focuses on eminent Presocratic thinkers who are significant in Plotinus’ thought, including Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the early Pythagoreans, and the early Atomists. The Presocratic references found in the Enneads are studied in connection with Plotinus’ fundamental theories of the One and the unity of being, intellect and the structure of the intelligible world, the nature of eternity and time, the formation of the material world, and the nature of the ensouled body. Stamatellos concludes that, contrary to modern scholarship’s dismissal of Presocratic influence in the Enneads, Presocratic philosophy is in fact an important source for Plotinus, which he recognized as valuable in its own right and adapted for key topics in his thought.
“This book is destined to become the enduring classic in this aspect of ancient philosophy, with many topics of interest for scholars in modern philosophy and religion.” — M. R. Wright, editor of Empedocles: The Extant Fragments
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