LEADER 03846nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910782709303321 005 20231206204919.0 010 $a1-282-85648-0 010 $a9786612856488 010 $a0-7735-6410-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773564107 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000279584 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229701 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279584 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10268425 035 $a(PQKB)11440816 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00200399 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400864 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330794 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141464 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285648 035 $a(OCoLC)929120922 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/p0f344 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400864 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330794 035 $a(DE-B1597)654953 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773564107 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244612 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713784 100 $a19920612d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aForm and transformation$b[electronic resource] $ea study in the philosophy of Plotinus /$fFrederic M. Schroeder 210 $aMontreal $aBuffalo $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1992 215 $axiv, 125 p. ;$d24 cm 225 1 $aMcGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;$v16 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-1016-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [115]-120) and indexes. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tForm -- $tLight -- $tSilence -- $tWord -- $tLove -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex Locorum -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aThe Platonic Form is often presented as an instrument of explanation and as a cause in ontology, epistemology, and ethics. As such, it is usually approached from the perspective of its relations to the particulars of the sensible world. Frederic Schroeder contends that Plotinus argues for the sovereignty of the Platonic Form both as a ground of being and as an intrinsically valuable object of intellective and spiritual vision. These two aspects coalesce in the thought of Plotinus, for whom the Form is, apart from its philosophical uses, an object of enjoyment. Schroeder argues also that the particular must be seen as having an intrinsic character, distinct from its relationship to the Form or to other particulars. The particular thus becomes a window on the world of Form. In the course of his exploration of the sovereignty of Form, Schroeder examines the themes of illumination, silence, language, and love. He undertakes an immanent interpretation of the Plotinian text, showing how Plotinian vocabulary displays intricate internal connections and genetic relationships. Schroeder shows that Plotinus' thought is not susceptible to organization into a closed, linear synthesis but has its own order, centred on the conviction that Form is of intrinsic value and that it is only from the perspective of this intrinsic value that we can understand its uses and significance in explanation and causation. Rather than trying to construct such a synthesis, Schroeder, starting from this basic insight into Plotinus' understanding of the Platonic Form, leads the reader to a greater understanding of Plotinus' manner of philosophizing. 410 0$aMcGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;$v16. 606 $aForm (Philosophy) 615 0$aForm (Philosophy) 676 $a186/.4 700 $aSchroeder$b Frederic Maxwell$f1937-$01484572 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782709303321 996 $aForm and transformation$93703284 997 $aUNINA