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Plotinus and the Presocratics: A Philosophical Study of Presocratic Influences in Plotinus' Enneads
Contributor(s): Stamatellos, Giannis (Author)

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 ISBN: 079147061X     ISBN-13: 9780791470619
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2007
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Annotation: The first book-length philosophical study on the Presocratic influence in Plotinus' Enneads

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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 186.4
LCCN: 2006017562
Series: SUNY Series in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.96" W x 9.32" L (1.12 lbs) 282 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region - Greece
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Filling the void in the current scholarship, Giannis Stamatellos provides the first book-length study of the Presocratic influences in Plotinus' Enneads. Widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, Plotinus (204-270 AD) assimilated eight centuries of Greek thought into his work. In this book Stamatellos focuses on eminent Presocratic thinkers who are significant in Plotinus' thought, including Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the early Pythagoreans, and the early Atomists. The Presocratic references found in the Enneads are studied in connection with Plotinus' fundamental theories of the One and the unity of being, intellect and the structure of the intelligible world, the nature of eternity and time, the formation of the material world, and the nature of the ensouled body. Stamatellos concludes that, contrary to modern scholarship's dismissal of Presocratic influence in the Enneads, Presocratic philosophy is in fact an important source for Plotinus, which he recognized as valuable in its own right and adapted for key topics in his thought.
 
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