Plotinus on beauty (Enneads 1.6 and 5.8.1-2) : the Greek text with notes / / introduction and commentary by Andrew Smith
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| Autore: |
Smith Andrew <1945->
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| Titolo: |
Plotinus on beauty (Enneads 1.6 and 5.8.1-2) : the Greek text with notes / / introduction and commentary by Andrew Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | Atlanta, Georgia : , : Society of Biblical Literature Press, , [2019] |
| ©2019 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (119 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 186.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Aesthetics |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SmithAndrew <1945-> |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Life of Plotinus -- The Background to Plotinus's Thought -- General outline of his philosophical system -- Beauty and aesthetic theory in 1.6 and 5.8 -- Plato and Plotinus on art as imitation -- Beauty as symmetry -- The Value of Physical Beauty -- The influence of Plotinus's Theory of Beauty -- Plotinus's Greek -- Commentary -- Text. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Plotinus, the founding father of Neoplatonism, composed On Beauty (Ennead 1.6), the foundational work for Neoplatonism. This volume translates into English with notes Plotinus's strong and systematic argument with Platonic reminiscences, and engaging exhortation to foster the inner self. A translation of his complementary statements on intelligible beauty are also included (Ennead 5.8.1-2)"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Plotinus on beauty (Enneads 1.6 and 5.8.1-2) |
| ISBN: | 0-88414-396-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827286903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Writings from the Greco-Roman world ; ; 44.