03649nam 2200649Ia 450 991097310910332120251117092341.097819309727801930972784(CKB)2670000000273739(EBL)3384757(SSID)ssj0000780413(PQKBManifestationID)12397900(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000780413(PQKBWorkID)10803562(PQKB)11268621(Au-PeEL)EBL3384757(CaPaEBR)ebr10618911(CaONFJC)MIL403356(OCoLC)923323167(MiAaPQ)EBC3384757(Perlego)1296535(BIP)38639045(EXLCZ)99267000000027373920120404d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnnead IV.8 on the descent of the soul into bodies /Plotinus ; translation with an introduction and commentary, Barrie FleetLas Vegas Parmenides Pub.20121 online resource (219 p.)Enneads of PlotinusDescription based upon print version of record.9781930972773 1930972776 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction to the Series""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction to the Treatise""; ""Note on the Text ""; ""Synopsis""; ""Translation of Plotinus Ennead IV.8 [6]""; ""Chapter 1 Commentary ""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index of Ancient Authors""; ""Index of Names and Subjects""SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL OFFER Parmenides Publishing is excited to announce this, the first volume in their new series; The Enneads Of Plotinus With Philosophical Commentaries. To celebrate this special occasion, we are offering a 25% Discount on all orders of Ennead IV.8 via the Gazelle website. This offer is valid for two months following publication. 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 from ancient to modern times -- and is indeed a popular topic for undergraduate essays even today: Why should the philosopher, who has ascended through a long and painful process of dialectic to assimilation to the divine, ever descend back into the body?Plotinus himself is said by Porphyry to have attained such a state of other-worldly transcendence on at least four occasions during his lifetime, so this was a very real and personal issue for him. In this treatise we see him grappling with it.Enneads of PlotinusMind and bodyEarly works to 1800SoulEarly works to 1800NeoplatonismMind and bodySoulNeoplatonism.186/.4Plotinus198801Fleet Barrie1812086MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973109103321Ennead IV.84364364UNINA