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Plotinus Ennead v.5
Lloyd P. Gerson
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Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: D; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 133 x 1. Weight in Grams: 276.
Platonists beginning in the Old Academy itself and up to and including Plotinus struggled to understand and articulate the relation between Plato’s Demiurge and the Living Animal which served as the model for creation. The central question is whether “contents” of the Living Animal, the Forms, are internal to the mind of the Demiurge or external and independent. For Plotinus, the solution depends heavily on how the Intellect that is the Demiurge and the Forms or intelligibles are to be understood in relation to the first principle of all, the One or the Good. The treatise V.5 [32] sets out ... Read more
Platonists beginning in the Old Academy itself and up to and including Plotinus struggled to understand and articulate the relation between Plato’s Demiurge and the Living Animal which served as the model for creation. The central question is whether “contents” of the Living Animal, the Forms, are internal to the mind of the Demiurge or external and independent. For Plotinus, the solution depends heavily on how the Intellect that is the Demiurge and the Forms or intelligibles are to be understood in relation to the first principle of all, the One or the Good. The treatise V.5 [32] sets out ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Parmenides Publishing United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
The Enneads of Plotinus
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Las Vegas, United States
ISBN
9781930972858
SKU
V9781930972858
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About Lloyd P. Gerson
Lloyd P. Gerson is professor of philosophy in the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author or editor of some 20 books and approximately 200 articles and reviews, mainly in ancient philosophy. He works especially on Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus. He has also translated works of Aristotle (with H. G. Apostle), Hellenistic philosophy (with Brad Inwood), and Neoplatonic philosophy ... Read more
Reviews for Plotinus Ennead v.5
Gerson's translation is painstakingly accurate, achieving fluency and clarity without simplifying Plotinus' often hyper-concentrated style. If one compares it with the distinguished English translation by A. H. Armstrong,3 there are gains in precision as well as in contemporary idiom"". - Bryn Mawr Classical Review