The Philosophy of Plotinus

✍ Scribed by Émile Bréhier

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Year: 1958
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 212
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

M. Bréhier has written not only a critical work but also a clear and readable exposition of the philosophy of Plotinus which will serve as an admirable introduction to his thought. Few Plotinian scholars combine such a rich historical background with critical scholarship and philosophical insight as M. Bréhier does. Scholars acknowledge that the Introductions to his French translation of the Enneads contain masterful analyses of the arguments and that he traces the sources of the philosophy of Plotinus with great ability. The translation itself is one of the most lucid and accurate in existence.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1. The Third Century of Our Era 13
2. The "Enneads" 20
3. The Fundamental Problem in the Philosophy of Plotinus 32
4. The Procession 43
5. The Soul 53
6. Intelligence 83
7. The Orientalism of Plotinus 106
8. The One 132
9. The Sensible World and Matter 164
10. Conclusion 182
Author's Bibliographical Note 198
Index 203