Plotinus, Neoplatonism, & the transcendence of the one /

Plotinus (204-70) is the founder of Neoplatonism and its most significant thinker. He shaped late antique philosophy and significantly influenced the entire metaphysical tradition of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and German Idealism. In this volume, Jens Halfwassen presents Plotinus' life and wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Halfwassen, Jens (Author)
Other Authors: O'Brien, Carl Sean (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Steubenville, Ohio : Franciscan University Press, [2021].
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Table of Contents:
  • Jens Halfwassen and the German intellectual tradition, by Carl Séan O'Brien
  • Part I. Plotinus and Neoplationism. Foreword to the original German edition of Plotinus and Neoplatonism
  • What is Neoplatonism? - Plotinus: the man and his works
  • The metaphysics of the one
  • The metaphysics of intellect
  • Soul, world, and man
  • Neoplatonism after Platinus
  • Part II. The transcendence of the one. Beyond being and non-being: how can one argue for transcendence?
  • Plotinus' interpretation of Plato's theory of principles
  • Waking up to itself: Plotinus' concept of insight
  • Proclus on the transcendence of the one in Plato.