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Information for Undergraduates Third Year Introduction to NeoplatonismplotinusTHIRD YEAR. EXTENDED ESSAY. INTRODUCTION TO NEOPLATONISM plotinus. Andrew Smith.
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Extractions: Plotinus was the founder of the most influential trend in philosophy in late antiquity. In seeking to interpret the work of Plato he created a vigorous philosophical system which had a profound influence on the European tradition in philosophy, literature, art and religion. In a collection of philosophical discussions known as the Enneads he explores the position , role and fate of man in the universe as a whole. Using ideas drawn from Aristotle and the Stoics as well as from Plato he attempts to delineate the ultimate principle of the universe and man's relationship to it, the nature of the soul, of mind and of the individual. The course will involve both general reading of the work of Plotinus and some close analysis of important text and ideas. Time will be devoted to acquiring the necessary skills for interpreting these texts; for this purpose a collection of specially selected and annotated excerpts will be available at the commencement of the course. Consideration will be also given to the broader philosophical and cultural implication of Plotinus' ideas and arguments.
Great Theosophists--Plotinus (10 Of 29)
25, No. 3, January, 1937 (Pages 101110; Size 26K) (Number 10 of a 29-partseries) GREAT THEOSOPHISTS plotinus He seats himself before plotinus.
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Extractions: P LOTINUS AMMONIUS Saccas, like many other great Teachers, never committed anything to writing. Following the custom of the ancient Hierophants, he transmitted his teachings orally, and bound his pupils by an oath not to divulge his most profound doctrines except to those who could be trusted not to disclose or misuse them. After the death of Ammonius, the work of recording the Neoplatonic teachings was taken up by his pupil Plotinus, and it is to him that we owe most of our knowledge of that system. Plotinus was an Egyptian by birth, and a native of Lycopolis. The Keynote of Plotinus' whole nature is summed up in the word impersonality. He was so resolved to keep his personality in the background that he refused to tell the place of his birth or the names of his parents. When he was asked to have his portrait painted he replied: "Is it not enough to have to carry around this image? Must I transmit the image of this image as worthy of attention?" Nothing is known of the early years of Plotinus' life. We meet him for the first time in Alexandria when he was twenty-eight years old. At that time he was devoting himself to the study of philosophy, and was seeking among the different schools for a system which would satisfy him. Having failed in his search, he met a friend one day and told him of his predicament. His friend advised him to visit the school of Ammonius Saccas. As soon as Plotinus heard Ammonius speak he cried: "This is the man I have been seeking!" And from that day on he attended Ammonius' classes, remaining with him for eleven years.
20th WCP: Remarks On The Spoudaios In Plotinus I 4 [46]
Remarks on the spoudaios in plotinus I 4 46. This question turns out to be fundamental,especially when trying to make out an ethical dimension in plotinus.
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Extractions: Alexandrine.Schniewind@unifr.ch ABSTRACT: Who is the Plotinian spoudaios and what is his function in the Enneads ? This question turns out to be fundamental, especially when trying to make out an ethical dimension in Plotinus. Treatise I 4 [46] offers, concerning that question, not only the longest sustained discussion of the spoudaios , but also shows how highly problematic it is to figure out more precisely his characteristics. This is due to the terminological ambiguity with the term sophos , which is also the reason why the two terms are often considered synonymous by translators. It appears in I 4 that this ambiguity is closely related to the question of aisthesis . And this is also perhaps the main problematic point concerning the spoudaios status questionis Who is the plotinian spoudaios and what is his function in the Enneads ? This question occurs especially in regard to treatise I 4 [46] which offers the longest sustained discussion of the spoudaios The main problem which presents itself as regards the term spoudaios is its apparent terminological similarity with sophos . As most translations show, both terms seem to be taken as almost synonymous, the most problematic one being Bréhier's French translation of the
20th WCP: Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, K.Wojtyla On Person And Ego
Persons and Personal Identity. plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, K.Wojtyla on Personand Ego. plotinus position is to be taken from Ennead V,7,1 lines 1823
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Extractions: on Person and Ego Mary T. Clark ABSTRACT: A common interpretation of Plato's theory of human reality is to identify it with "soul." It has been for some a problem as to whether or not Plotinus adhered to his master's position on this point. H. J. Blumenthal initiated much discussion when he asked: "Did Plotinus believe in Ideas of Individuals?" Supported by apparently contradictory texts Blumenthal concluded that Plotinus did believe at times in such ideas, and at other times did not. One way that commentators take in such cases is to state that inconsistency is the mark of great thinkers. Hilary Armstrong did not do this. He reconciled the apparent contradictions with the use of new punctuation for the most decisive text against individual forms for human beings. The passages often taken as contradictions applied to quite other realities. Plotinus position is to be taken from Ennead V,7,1 lines 18-23:
Plotinus
plotinus, plOtI'nus Pronunciation Key. plotinus , 205270, Neoplatonist philosopher. However,plotinus never taught or practiced extreme asceticism.
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Extractions: Pronunciation Key Plotinus , Neoplatonist philosopher. A native of Egypt, perhaps of Roman descent, he went to Alexandria c. 232 to devote himself to philosophy. For 10 years he was a dedicated disciple of Ammonius Saccas. To study the philosophies of India and Persia, Plotinus in 242 traveled in the Eastern expedition of Gordian III, the Roman emperor. From 244 he lived in Rome, where his school attracted wide attention. Many followed his advice and example; they gave their wealth to those in need and turned to contemplative thought. However, Plotinus never taught or practiced extreme asceticism. His pupil Porphyry wrote a biography of him and was responsible for the arrangement of his works, which were written after 253, into six Enneads, or groups of nine treatises. The theories of Plotinus were fundamentally those of Plato but included elements of other Greek philosophies as well, all drawn together into an original system that rapidly won followers and in time had considerable influence on the thinkers of the Christian Church, although Plotinus himself opposed Christianity. His development of the idea of emanation was fuller than that found in the teachings of the Stoics and of Philo. This cosmological conception is the chief point of
Neoplatonism: Plotinus And The Nature Of Neoplatonism
plotinus and the Nature of Neoplatonism. Considered the last of the greatpagan philosophies, it was developed by plotinus (3d cent. AD).
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Extractions: Encyclopedia Neoplatonism Considered the last of the great pagan philosophies, it was developed by Plotinus (3d cent. A.D. ). It has had a lasting influence on Western metaphysics and mysticism The enduring source of Neoplatonist thought is the Enneads of Plotinus, which were collected and published after his death by his student Porphyry , a Phoenician. Plotinus' purpose was to put into systematic form an idealistic philosophy and thus combat the trends of Stoicism and skepticism that had crept into interpretations of the philosophy of Plato. Plotinus rejected the dualism of two disparate realms of being (good and evil, material and transcendent, universal and particular) and set forth instead one vast order containing all the various levels and kinds of existence. At the center of the order is the One, an incomprehensible, all-sufficient unity. By the process of
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plotinus. history of philosophy, biography Egyptian philosopher(205270). In the Enneads (which were collected and published by
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Plotinus
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Extractions: The question is not whether a thing is inferior to something else but whether in its own Kind it suffices to its own part; universal equality there cannot be. Man is singled out for condemnation when he does evil; and this with justice. For he is no mere thing made to rigid plan; his nature contains a Principle apart and free.
Studies In Comparative Philosophy By Swami Krishnananda, The Divine Life Society
plotinus plotinus, the celebrated mystic, comes highly developed mysticism.To plotinus, God or the Absolute is the All. The diversities
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Extractions: Studies in Comparative Philosophy by Swami Krishnananda The Divine Life Society Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India Contents of Book Table of Contents Introduction Socrates Plato Aristotle Plotinus Rene Descartes Benedict Spinoza G.W. Leibniz John Locke George Berkeley David Hume Immanual Kant G.W.F. Hegel Arthur Schopenhauer Friedrich Nietzsche William James Henri Bergson Samuel Alexander Alfred North Whitehead The Neo-Hegelians Importance of Study of Western Thought Philosophy and Life PLOTINUS Parinamavada Plotinus introduces into his system the Ideas of Plato, which are the archetypes of all things in the universe, and which are thoughts in the Mind of God. Only Plotinus would rise above Plato in not making God's Thought dependent on the ideas. For God is absolutely independent. Rather Plotinus makes the Platonic Ideas what the ideative processes are in the Ishvara of the Vedanta. The whole world is for Plotinus what the Vedanta means by Ishvara-srishti , or cosmic manifestation, as distinguished from Jivasrishti or individual imagination.
Critical Theory: Plotinus
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Filosofie
plotinus (205 270) De oorsprong van het Zijn ziet plotinus in wat hij oer-enenoemt. Dit omvat de veelheid van het Zijn in zich, is Godheid.
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Extractions: Plotinus (205 - 270) De oorsprong van het Zijn ziet Plotinus in wat hij oer-ene noemt. Dit omvat de veelheid van het Zijn in zich, is Godheid. De mens kan zijn geluk slechts bereiken wanneer hij door extase of door mystiek vereniging met het oer-ene, de Godheid, de wereld van het vele, die hem omgeeft, achter zich laat. De weg van het filosoferen is die van het streven naar eenheid met de Godheid.
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Philosophy - Neoplatonism: Plotinus
plotinus (204270 AD). plotinus did not reduce his doctrine to writinguntil toward the close of his life, and then did not publish it.
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Extractions: PLOTINUS (204-270 A.D.) Biography The One Nous, the World Soul BIOGRAPHY: Plotinus was born at Lycopolis , in Upper Egypt in 204 A.D. , and died at Campania in 270 A.D. In the twenty-eighth year of his life he applied himself to philosophy, and attended the lectures of the most celebrated men of that time in Alexandria . After studying under Ammonius for some ten years, he accompanied the Emperor Gordian in his campaign against the Persians , in order to learn something of their philosophy. In this object he failed, owing to the unsuccessful issue of the undertaking; he was even obliged to flee for his life to Antioch . In he went to Rome and won numerous adherents to his teaching, among them the Emperor Gallienus and his wife Salonina . He conceived the idea of founding an ideal city in Campania, with the approval and support of the emperor: this city was to be called Platonopolis , and its inhabitants were to live according to the laws of Plato . Gallienus was not disinclined to enter into the plan; but it was thwarted by the opposition of the imperial counselors. He taught in Rome until about , retiring then to the country estate of a disciple in Campania. Plotinus did not reduce his doctrine to
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Extractions: Plotinus Plotinus (c CE ) is generally regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism and is, perhaps, its most important representative. At the age of 28, he turned to philosophy, seeking teachers in the intellectual climate of Alexandria. He was a pupil of Ammonius Saccas, who had been a teacher of Origen , the noted theologian. After 11 years with Ammonius, Plotinus traveled with Emperor Gordianus III to Persia, where he was exposed to Indian ideas. He fled from Persia to Antioch and then on to Rome immediately after the death of Gordianus, where he established a school of philosophy. Between and 270, Plotinus wrote The Enneads DOC ] , which were then catalogued and organized by his student, Porphyry . Plotinus was influenced by Platonism, Aristotelianism and Stoicism . In spite of his association with many Christians, Plotinus himself never became Christian. Anthony F. Beavers
Plotinus: Index
*** Index Online Works of plotinus ***. The Six Enneads.
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Plotinus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
2001. plotinus. To study the philosophies of India and Persia, plotinus in 242traveled in the Eastern expedition of Gordian III, the Roman emperor.
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PHILOSOPHERS - PLOTINUS
plotinus (205270 AD) The One as transcending Intellect, transcendsknowing (Enneads) Nothing is known of plotinus'origins.
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Extractions: (205-270 AD) "The One as transcending Intellect, transcends knowing... Knowing is a unitary thing, but defined; the first is One, but undefined." (Enneads) Nothing is known of Plotinus'origins. What we know of his life and writings comes to us through one of his students, Porphyry, who gathered his works together after his death in six groups of nine books, the Enneads . He studied at Alexandria for over eleven years. At the age of forty, he ended up in Rome after the abandonment of a Roman military expedition he had joined in the hope of visiting Persia and India. There, he gained court patronage and spent the rest of his life teaching and writing. Plotinus created a philosophy that came to be known as Neo-Platonism since it modified Plato's ideas to accommodate ideas derived from Aristotle and the Stoics . Plotinus envisages several interdependent spheres of being. The outermost sphere is that of material things. The most important, the intellect and the soul, emanate from the centre of goodness "the One". Human virtue consisted of contemplation of and participation in the higher levels of reality. The One is unknowable, but an indescribable mystical union with it is possible. Though rare, and difficult to attain, such a union is the aim of man's existence. Plotinus and Neo-Platonism influenced some of the later Christian thinkers to claim that we can say what God is not, but not what God is. We can know God in the sense of becoming one with him, but we can not
Harvard University Press/Plotinus, Volume I. Porphyry's Life Of Plotinus. Ennead
Volume I. Porphyry's Life of plotinus. Ennead 1 by plotinus Translatedby AH Armstrong, published by Harvard University Press.
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Extractions: Translated by A. H. Armstrong Plotinus (A.D. 204/5-270) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads). Plotinus regarded Plato as his master, and his own philosophy is a profoundly original development of the Platonism of the first two centuries of the Christian era and the closely related thought of the Neopythagoreans, with some influences from Aristotle and his followers and the Stoics, whose writings he knew well but used critically. He is a unique combination of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His thought dominated later Greek philosophy and influenced both Christians and Moslems, and is still alive today because of its union of rationality and intense religious experience. In his acclaimed edition of Plotinus, Armstrong provides excellent introductions to each treatise. His invaluable notes explain obscure passages and give reference to parallels in Plotinus and others. OTHER HARVARD BOOKS BY PLOTINUS
PLOTINUS
plotinus. HIS LIFE plotinus was born in 205 AD and died in 270AD.Born in either Lycon (by Eunapius's account) or Lycopolis
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Extractions: Plotinus HIS LIFE SUMMARY OF HIS METAPHYSICS It is only possible to make things by thinking them, and to think things as a maker, by being them. Bodies are phantoms, present in matter only as an image, like a mirror, and the realities behind them are Forms. But even a thinker will produce only an idol unless the Forms he thinks are in him, thus collectively are him. Plotinus calls original thought Intellect, which does not reason from previous thoughts, so Intellect is a maker. But there is no process in its making, only the timeless activity of thinking the intelligible Forms that it is. HIS DOCTRINE OF GOD His idea of the One seems to imply the One is nothing, non-existent but this isn't true. Plotinus does state that the One transcends all being of which we have experience. Not only does the One transcend all objects, but also the concept of being is drawn from the objects of our experience, and the One consequently transcends also the concept that is founded on those objects. To evade the dilemma of God not able to create through a willful act, Plotinus uses the metaphor of emanation, but rejects the idea that God becomes less in any way by this process: God remains untouched, unfazed, and unmoved. Rather, Plotinus maintains that the world proceeds from God out of necessitythe less perfect (the world) from the perfect (God). He emphasizes his point by using the metaphor of the undiminishing sun, illustrating how the sun illuminates yet remains undiminished. He goes on to stress his point by way of the mirror reflection analogy. Plotinus maintains that since the One is beyond essence, He is also beyond intellectual perception.

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