The Enneads of Plotinus: A Commentary (1) - Brossura

Kalligas, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0691202354 ISBN 13: 9780691202358

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2020

Riassunto

The first volume in a landmark commentary on an important and influential work of ancient philosophy

This is the first volume of a groundbreaking commentary on one of the most important works of ancient philosophy, the Enneads of Plotinus—a text that formed the basis of Neoplatonism and had a deep influence on early Christian thought and medieval and Renaissance philosophy. This volume covers the first three of the six Enneads, as well as Porphyry's Life of Plotinus, a document in which Plotinus’s student—the collector and arranger of the Enneads—introduces the philosopher and his work. A landmark contribution to modern Plotinus scholarship, Paul Kalligas’s commentary is the most detailed and extensive ever written for the whole of the Enneads.

For each of the treatises in the first three Enneads, Kalligas provides a brief introduction that presents the philosophical background against which Plotinus’s contribution can be assessed; a synopsis giving the main lines and the articulation of the argument; and a running commentary placing Plotinus’s thought in its intellectual context and making evident the systematic association of its various parts with each other.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Paul Kalligas is director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi in Greece and was previously professor of ancient philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691202354
• ISBN 13: 9780691202358
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 706
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile