Plotinus (204–270)
Author of The Six Enneads
About the Author
Plotinus studied under Ammonius Sakkas and later moved to Rome, where he continued to develop his views and created a circle of faithful disciples, among them Porphyry the Phoenician (232--304), who edited Plotinus's Enneads and wrote works of his own, including The Life of Plotinus. Plotinus has show more been recognized as the last representative of Greek rationalism and one of the great thinkers of all times, having built a system that includes theories of reality, knowledge, ethics, esthetics, and theology. The main stock of Plotinus's ideas comes from the classical age of Greek philosophy, recast to counter problems that the winds of new doctrines ushered in along with the rising power of religious worship and the spreading expectation for salvation. Plotinus appeals to intellectual purity, an aspect often misunderstood as a concession to mysticism that lacks redeeming logical features. His philosophical system provides two ways to meet the demands of a fulfilled life. The first deals with finding one's place in a universe that is the result of the creative procession from the One, the source of all reality; the second is designed to effect the soul's "return" in a union with the One. Whereas the first way is metaphysical, the latter is ethical. The first brings understanding, the second grants blessedness. Plotinus's insights proved influential, and many of his disciples, chiefly Porphyry, sought to preserve and transmit them to subsequent generations of thinkers in other parts of the Roman world, Syria and Greece in particular. Iamblichus (died c.a.d.330), Syrianus (fl. c.431), and Proclus (410--485) worked out their own versions of Neoplatonism. The schools' activities ended when they were ordered closed in a.d. 529. Still, the ideas had taken on a life of their own and moved in new directions. Many of them already had been taken over by Christian intellectuals who were learning how to respond to the need to strengthen the rational side of their religion. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Plotinus
The Essence of Plotinus: Extracts from the Six Enneads and Porphyry's Life of Plotinus (1948) 13 copies
Seele, Geist, Eines: Enneade IV 8, V 4, V 1, V 6 und V 3 : griechisch-deutsch (Philosophische Bibliothek) (German… (1990) 11 copies
Geist, Ideen, Freiheit: Enneade V 9 und VI 8 : griechisch-deutsch (Philosophische Bibliothek) (German Edition) (1990) 8 copies
Traités : Tome 3, 22-26 : 22, Sur la raison pour laquelle l'être, un et identique, est partout tout… (0270) 7 copies
Plotinus On The Beautiful. Ennead I. 6. Translated by the Editors of the Shrine of Wisdom and On Intelligible Beauty.… (1985) — Author — 5 copies
The ethical treatises / being the treatises of the first Ennead with Porphyry's Life of Plotinus, and the… (1917) 4 copies
Antologia plotiniana 4 copies
PLOTINUS Ennead VI.4 and VI.5: On the Presence of Being, One and the Same, Everywhere as a Whole: Translation with an… (2015) 4 copies
PLOTINUS Ennead IV.4.30-45 & IV.5: Problems Concerning the Soul: Translation, with an Introduction and Commentary (The… (2015) 3 copies
Vida de Plotino - Eneadas I -II (Biblioteca Clasica Gredos) (Spanish Edition) by Plotino (2000-11-02) (1763) 3 copies
Plotinos : mystikern och reformatorn 3 copies
Plotin 3 copies
Five Books Of Plotinus: On Felicity; On The Nature And Origin Of Evil; On Providence; On Nature, Contemplation And The… (2007) 3 copies
Eneada Primera 3 copies
Plotins Schriften. Übersetzt von Richard Harder. Neubearbeitung mit griechischem Lesetext und Anmerkungen (1999) 3 copies
PLOTINUS Ennead IVI.3-4.29: Problems Concerning the Soul: Translation, with an Introduction and Commentary (The Enneads… (2015) 3 copies
Enneaden 3 copies
Plotinus on the Beautiful 2 copies
Ennead I 2 copies
Ennéades / 06, 2e partie 2 copies
La bellezza 2 copies
Opere vol. 2 1 copy
Opere vol. 3 1 copy
Opere vol. 1 1 copy
Enneade III - V 1 copy
Plotino. Sull'anima 1 copy
Eneadas II: libros III-IV 1 copy
La bellezza, l'anima e l'Uno 1 copy
Enéadas: Primeira Enéada 1 copy
Enneade I-II 1 copy
Eneada Sexta 1 copy
Eneada Tercera 1 copy
Enneadi volumi I-II-III 1 copy
Plotinos (v. 1): complete works, in chronological order, grouped in four periods (1918) 1 copy, 1 review
Plotino vol.1 1 copy
Sur le beau 1 copy
Enneade VI 1 copy
Ennéades III 1 copy
Opera 1 copy
PLOTINUS Ennead V.1: On the Three Primary Levels of Reality: Translation, with an Introduction, and Commentary (2016) 1 copy
Enneas ekti / Εννεάς έκτη 1 copy
Ennéades 1 copy
Ennead VI 1 copy
Dal bello al divino 1 copy
Ennéades. I 1 copy
Plotini Opera III: Enneas VI 1 copy
Enneads Of Plotinus V2: On The Nature Of The Soul, Divine Mind And On The One And Good (2008) 1 copy
Del Bello & Del Bello Intelligibile — Author — 1 copy
De Rebus Philosophicis 1 copy
Les deux matieres: Enneade II, 4 (12) (Histoire des doctrines de l'Antiquite classique) (1993) 1 copy
Textos fundamentales 1 copy
Plotins Schriften 5, Anhang, c Über Plotins Leben und über die Ordnung seiner Schriften : Text,… 1 copy
Ennéades IV 1 copy
Schriften. Griech.-Dt.: Die Schriften Nr. 1 - 21 der chronologischen Reihenfolge. A, Texte, b, Anmerkungen. (Bd. I) (1956) 1 copy
O vecnosti in casu 1 copy
Le Enneadi 1 copy
Plotini opera omnia ; 1 copy
Associated Works
Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato to Heidegger (1976) — Contributor — 358 copies, 2 reviews
Every man an artist : readings in the traditional philosophy of art (2005) — Contributor, some editions — 10 copies
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- Plotinus
- Legal name
- Πλωτῖνος
- Birthdate
- 204
- Date of death
- 270
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Places of residence
- Rome
Lycopolis, Egypt
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- philosopher
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