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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828323603321

Autore

Slaveva-Griffin Svetla

Titolo

Plotinus on number / / Svetla Slaveva-Griffin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-281-98716-6

9786611987169

0-19-970374-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

119.092

Soggetti

One (The One in philosophy)

Many (Philosophy)

Symbolism of numbers

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. 147-160) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: One by Number; 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms; 2. Multiplicity as Number; 3. The Number of Infinity; 4. Number and Substance; 5. Number and the Universe; 6. Unity of Thought and Writing; Conclusion: In Defense of Plato; Bibliography; Index of Names and Subjects; Index Locorum

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction: One by Number. 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms. Ennead VI.6 and the Timaeus. Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus. Plotinus' apostasies 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 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 Intelligib