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11Plotin Traité 31 Sur la Beauté Intelligible, written by Anne-Lise Darras-WormsInternational Journal of the Platonic Tradition 14 (1): 78-80. 2020.
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9Plotinus Ennead Iv.8: On the Descent of the Soul Into Bodies: Translation, with an Introduction, and CommentaryParmenides Publishing. 2012.Plotinus was much exercised by Plato's doctrines of the soul. In this treatise, at chapter 1 line 27, he talks of "the divine Plato, who has said in many places in his works many noble things about the soul and its arrival here, so that we can hope for some clarity from him. So what does the philosopher say? It is clear that he does not always speak with sufficient consistency for us to make out his intentions with any ease." The issue in this treatise is one that has puzzled students of Plato f…Read more
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5The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided SocietiesLexington Books. 2011.Andrew F. Smith argues that citizens of divided societies have three powerful incentives to engage in public deliberation_in free, open, and reasoned dialogue aimed at contributing to the establishment of well-developed laws. When contesting for political influence, or pursuing the enshrinement of one's convictions in law, deliberating publicly is a necessary condition for taking oneself to be a responsible moral, epistemic, and religious agent
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5Plotinus, the founding father of Neoplatonism, composed On Beauty (Ennead 1.6), the foundational work for Neoplatonism. This volume translates into English with notes Plotinus's strong and systematic argument with Platonic reminiscences, and engaging exhortation to foster the inner self. A translation of his complementary statements on intelligible beauty are also included (Ennead 5.8.1-2)
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5Book Review: Imagined Diasporas among Manchester Muslims: The Public Performance of Pakistani Transnational Identity Politics (review)Theory, Culture and Society 22 (6): 149-151. 2005.
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2Further Thoughts on Iamblichus as the First Philosopher of ReligionIn Theo Kobusch & Michael Erler (eds.), Metaphysik und Religion: Zur Signatur des spätantiken Denkens / Akten des Internationalen Kongresses vom 13.-17. März 2001 in Würzburg, De Gruyter. pp. 297-308. 2002.
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Plotinus and transcendent truthIn Fran O'Rourke & Patrick Masterson (eds.), Ciphers of transcendence: essays in philosophy of religion in honour of Patrick Masterson, Irish Academic Press. 2019.
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