PLOTINUS Ennead IV.3-4.29
Problems Concerning the Soul
Published on 18. March 2015
452 pages
978-1-930972-70-4 (ISBN)
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For Plotinus, the nature and status of the human soul is one of the central problems of philosophy. Ennead IV.3-4.29 constitutes his most penetrating enquiry into this topic, addressing the issues of the relation of the individual soul to the World Soul, the descent of the soul into body, its relations with that body, problems of personal identity and the nature of memory, sense perception, and the true seat of the emotions -many of which still have a resonance today. The treatise is an excellent example of Plotinus' distinctive method of enquiry: not dogmatic (though he is no sceptic), but worrying away at questions until he has uncovered their complexities to the best of his ability. Such a work requires detailed commentary, such as is provided here, to tease out fully the fascinating convolutions of his thought.
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Henry J. Blumenthal was a leading British scholar in the area of Neoplatonism. From 1965 until his untimely death in 1998 he worked at the department of Greek Classics and Archaeology, University of Liverpool, starting out as lecturer in Greek, gaining full Professorship, and eventually becoming department Chair. He is the author of Plotinus' Psychology His Doctrines of the Embodied Soul, and Aristotle and Neoplatonism in Late Antiquity. Many of his articles, spanning over a quarter of a century, were gathered and published in the collection Soul and Intellect.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction to the Series
- Abbreviations
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the Treatise
- Note on the Text
- Synopsis
- Translation of Ennead IV.3-4.29
- Commentary on Ennead IV.3
- Chapter 1, 1-16
- Chapter 2
- Chapters 3-6
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Commentary on Ennead IV.4
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Authors
- Index of Names and Subjects
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