Plotinus : myth, metaphor, and philosophical practice /
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Prolegomena: 1. Why read Plotinus?; 2. How to read Plotinus; 3. Theories about metaphor; 4. Dialectic
- Part II. Metaphorically Speaking: 5. Naked and alone; 6. On becoming love; 7. Shadow plays and mirrors; 8. Reason drunk and sober; 9. Dancing; 10. Remembering and forgetting; 11. Standing up to the blows of fortune
- Part III. The Plotinian Imaginary: 12. Platonic and classical myths; 13. Spheres and circles; 14. Charms and countercharms; 15. Invoking demons; 16. Images within and without; 17. Fixed stars and planets; 18. Waking up
- Part IV. Understanding the Hypostases: 19. Matter; 20. Nature; 21.Soul; 22. Nous; 23. The one
- Part V. The Plotinian way.