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The non-commentary traditionIn Svetla Slaveva-Griffin & Pauliina Remes (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Neoplatonism, Routledge. 2014.
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14Plotinus Ennead V.5: That the Intelligibles Are Not External to the Intellect, and on the Good: Translation, with an Introduction, and Commentary (edited book)Parmenides Publishing. 2013.Platonists beginning in the Old Academy itself and up to and including Plotinus struggled to understand and articulate the relation between Plato’s Demiurge and the Living Animal which served as the model for creation. The central question is whether “contents” of the Living Animal, the Forms, are internal to the mind of the Demiurge or external and independent. For Plotinus, the solution depends heavily on how the Intellect that is the Demiurge and the Forms or intelligibles are to be understoo…Read more
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7Plotinus 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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20Philosophy in Late AntiquityRoutledge. 2004.One of the most significant cultural achievements of Late Antiquity lies in the domains of philosophy and religion, more particularly in the establishment and development of Neoplatonism as one of the chief vehicles of thought and subsequent channel for the transmission of ancient philosophy to the medieval and renaissance worlds. Important, too, is the emergence of a distinctive Christian philosophy and theology based on a foundation of Greek pagan thought. This book provides an introduction to…Read more
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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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11The philosopher and society in late antiquity: essays in honour of Peter Brown (edited book)Distributor in the U.S., David Brown Bk. Co.. 2005.The philosophers of Late Antiquity have sometimes appeared to be estranged from society. 'We must flee everything physical' is one of the most prominent ideas taken by Augustine from Platonic literature. This collection of new studies by leading writers on Late Antiquity treats both the principles of metaphysics and the practical engagement of philosophers. It points to a more substantive and complex involvement in worldly affairs than conventional handbooks admit.
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19Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus: philosophy and religion in NeoplatonismAshgate/Variorum. 2011.Unconsciousness and quasiconsciousness in Plotinus -- The significance of practical ethics for Plotinus -- Action and contemplation in Plotinus -- Eternity and time -- Soul and time in Plotinus -- Reason and experience in Plotinus -- Plotinus on fate and free will -- Potentiality and the problem of plurality in the intelligible world -- Dunamis in Plotinus and Porphyry -- Plotinus and the myth of love -- The object of perception in Plotinus -- Plotinus on ideas between Plato and Aristotle -- The…Read more
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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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34R. Thiel, C. Lohr: Ammonius Hermeae: Commentaria in quinque voces Porphyrii. übersetzt von Pomponius Gauricus. In Aristotelis categorias . übersetzt von Ioannes Baptista Rasarius. Pp. xxii + 108. Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: frommann-holzboog, 2002. Cased, €148. ISBN:3-7728-1229-5 (review)The Classical Review 54 (2): 569-569. 2004.
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15Plotin 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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26Plotinus (L.) Lavaud D'une Métaphysique à l'autre. Figures de l'altérité dans la philosophie de Plotin. Pp. iv + 311. Paris: Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 2008. Paper, €35. ISBN: 978-2-7116-1968- (review)The Classical Review 59 (2): 431-. 2009.
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30Later biographies. A.P. urbano the philosophical life. Biography and the crafting of intellectual identity in late antiquity. Pp. XX + 353, figs. Washington, D.c.: The catholic university of America press, 2013. Cased, us$49.95. Isbn: 978-0-8132-2162-5 (review)The Classical Review 65 (1): 98-99. 2015.
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30Colloquium 1: Image and Analogy in PlotinusProceedings of the Boston Area Colloquium of Ancient Philosophy 27 (1): 1-27. 2012.
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25Ammonius Hermeae: Commentaria in quinque voces Porphyrii. übersetzt von Pomponius Gauricus. In Aristotelis categorias . übersetzt von Ioannes Baptista Rasarius (review)The Classical Review 54 (2): 569-569. 2004.
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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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