Plotinus on Number
Erschienen am 4. März 2009
189 Seiten
978-0-19-970374-6 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Plotinus on Number studies the fundamental role which number plays in the architecture of the universe in Neoplatonic philosophy. This book draws attention to Platinus' concept as a necesscary and fundamental link between the Platonic and the late Neoplatonic theories of number.
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: One by Number
- 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms
- Ennead VI.6 and the Timaeus
- Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus
- Plotinus' Apostasis and Numenius' Stasis
- The Universe as Degrees of Separation from the One
- 2. Multiplicity as Number
- Surfacing from the "Neopythagorean Underground"
- Outward and Inward Direction of Multiplicity in Ennead VI.6
- Multiplicity as Effluence and Unity
- 3. The Number of Infinity
- Plato's Position
- Aristotle's Criticism of Plato and the Platonists
- Plotinus' Answer
- 4. Number and Substance
- Plotinus' Three Hypotheses about Number in the Intelligible Realm
- Is Substantial Number Discrete and Incidental?
- The Whole Number of Beings
- Substantial and Monadic Number
- 5. Number and the Universe
- Substantial Number and the One
- Substantial Number and Absolute Being
- Substantial Number and Intellect
- Substantial Number and Beings
- Substantial Number and the Complete Living Being
- Soul and Number
- The Unfigured Figure of Soul's Dance
- 6. Unity of Thought and Writing
- Porphyry and the Enneads
- Ennead VI.6
- "Six Along with the Nines"
- Conclusion: In Defense of Plato
- Bibliography
- Index of Names and Subjects
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- Index Locorum
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