Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision

Name: Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
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ISBN: 9780226311944

ISBN-10: 0226311945

ISBN-13: 9780226311944

Edition: 1993

Authors: Pierre Hadot, Michael Chase, Michael Chase

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Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translation--complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography--at last makes this book available to the English-speaking world. Hadot carefully examines Plotinus's views on the self, existence, love, virtue, gentleness, and solitude. He shows that Plotinus, like other philosophers of his day, believed that Plato and Aristotle had already articulated the essential truths; for him, the purpose of practicing philosophy was not to profess new truths but to engage in spiritual exercises so as…

Book details

Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 4/28/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 145
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.87" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Pierre Hadot was Professor Emeritus, CollÃ¨ge de France. His books include Philosophy as a Way of Life and Plotinus.



Translator's Preface


Abbreviations Used in References


Introduction: Reading Hadot Reading Plotinus




Portrait



Levels of the Self



Presence



Love



Virtues



Gentleness



Solitude Postface to the Third Edition Chronological Biography Analytical


Bibliography


References


Index of Plotinian


Quotations


Index