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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827493203321

Autore

Eliasson Erik

Titolo

The notion of that which depends on us in Plotinus and its background [[electronic resource] /] / by Erik Eliasson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008

ISBN

1-283-06081-7

9786613060815

90-474-3327-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Philosophia antiqua, , 0079-1687 ; ; v. 113

Disciplina

186/.4

Soggetti

Ethics, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Materials -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Plotinus: Preliminary Remarks -- Chapter Three. Aristotle And The Early Commentators -- Chapter Four. Stoics -- Chapter Five. Middle Platonists -- Chapter Six. Plotinus Reconsidered -- Chapter Seven. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index Locorum.

Sommario/riassunto

The book analyses Plotinus’ notion of 'that which depends on us', which although central to his ethics, has never been examined in a specific study before. The book traces the sources of this notion in Aristotle and its reception in Stoicism, Middle Platonism and Early Aristotelian Commentators. It then shows how Plotinus’ critical discussion of the inherent problems in previous accounts and his investigation of the notion's application to the Intellect and the One, leads to a highly original interpretation of the notion as central to his account of human agency. The book demonstrates Plotinus’ serious engagement with the central issues of ancient ethics, and his original way of tackling them.