Plotinus, Self and the World

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The individuated self and memory; 2. Memory and forgetting; 3. Ignorance, love, and play; 4. Plotinus' Eros; 5. The self: 'And we too are kings'; 6. Being and having; 7. Self-knowledge; 8. Art and the seduction of beauty; 9. Face, image and the self; Conclusion.

About the author

Raoul Mortley is Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bond University, Queensland.

Summary

Examines the idea of the invention of the individual subjective self by Plotinus and its impact on the Christian tradition, asking about the self in its relationships - the self in love, in ignorance, in forgetfulness, in possession - and about the self and its own physical image.

Product details

• Authors: Raoul Mortley, Raoul (Bond University Mortley, Mortley Raoul
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108729949
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72994-9
• No. of pages: 161
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Christianity, History of Religion, Ancient World, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Church history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, BCE to c 500 CE