Plotinus

Revised and updated throughout, and includes a new chapter on badness, freedom, providence and responsibility. An ideal introduction to this major figure in Western philosophy, and essential reading for students of ancient philosophy and classics.

List of contents

Acknowledgments Preface to the Second Edition Chronology Introduction 1. Life, Works, and Philosophical Background 2. The World According to Plotinus 3. The One and the Genesis of Intellect 4. Intellect 5. Soul 6. The Physical World 7. The Middle Soul and the Soul-Body Compound 8. The Sphere of Consciousness: The Higher Soul and We Ourselves 9. Virtue, Happiness and the Ethics of Everyday Life 10. Badness, Freedom, Providence and Responsibility 11. Beauty and Ascent to Intellect and to the One 12. Plotinus' Legacy and Influence. Glossary Bibliography Index

About the author

Eyjólfur K. Emilsson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, Norway. He is the author of Plotinus on Sense-Perception (1988), Plotinus on Intellect (2007), and (with Steven K. Strange) of a translation and commentary, Plotinus: Ennead VI.4 and VI.5: On the Presence of Being, One and the Same, Everywhere as a Whole (2015). He has published numerous articles on Plotinus and other ancient philosophers and translated Plato's Republic and other Platonic dialogues into Icelandic.

Product details

• Authors: Eyjólfur K. Emilsson, Eyjolfur K. (University of Oslo Emilsson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032843827
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284382-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: The Routledge Philosophers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Christianity, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Philosophy of religion, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy, Plotinus;Neoplatonism;Philosophy