Plotinus on the Soul

The first comprehensive study of Plotinus' theory of the soul for half a century.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Unity and creation: why Plotinus introduced the hypostasis Soul; 2. The hypostasis Soul; 3. The hypostasis Soul and its relation to individual souls; 4. The individual soul in the intelligible and in the sensible world; 5. Divine individual souls; 6. The human soul: its descent and its confusion in the sensible world; 7. The human soul: the higher and the lower soul; 8. The soul and the body.

About the author

Damian Caluori is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. His research focuses on ancient philosophy, with an emphasis on late ancient Platonism. He has published articles on Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Damascius and the Renaissance skeptic Franciscus Sanchez, whose main work, That Nothing Is Known, he co-translated from Latin into German. In 2013 he edited a volume on the philosophy of friendship, Thinking about Friendship. Historical and Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives.

Summary

This is the first comprehensive study of Plotinus' theory of the soul for half a century. It shows how Plotinus derives his psychology from an innovative interpretation of Plato's Timaeus and proposes it as a response to Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of the soul.

Product details

• Authors: Damian Caluori, Damian (Trinity University Caluori, Caluori Damian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2015
• EAN: 9781107105959
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10595-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Classical history / classical civilisation, Philosophy of religion, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE