LEADER 01759nam 2200361 450 001 996214863203316 005 20231108213131.0 010 $a0-674-99515-5 035 $a(CKB)3820000000012031 035 $a(NjHacI)993820000000012031 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012031 100 $a20231108d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnnead$hVolume VI$i6-9 /$fPlotinus 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d1988. 215 $a1 online resource (352 pages) 330 $aPlotinus was much exercised by Plato's doctrines of the soul. In this treatise, at chapter 1 line 27, he talks of "e;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."e; 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 "e;assimilation to the divine,"e; ever descend back into the body? Plotinus himself is said by Porphyr. 517 $aEnnead, Volume VI 606 $aClassical biography 607 $aGreece$vBiography 615 0$aClassical biography. 676 $a920.038 700 $aPlotinus$0198801 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214863203316 996 $aEnnead$93590020 997 $aUNISA