Plotinus Or The Simplicity Of Vision By Pierre Hadot
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Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision
Author: Pierre Hadot
language: en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date: 2024-05-31
"Without doubt this is the best introduction to the personal and spiritual side of Plotinian philosophy." —John Bussanich, International Journal of the Classical Tradition 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' 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 to live philosophically. Seen in this light, Plotinus's counsel against fixation on the body and all earthly matters stemmed not from disgust or fear, but rather from his awareness of the negative effect that bodily preoccupation and material concern could have on spiritual exercises. "The significance of Hadot's book is that it reflects simply, effectively, and briefly upon some of the most important questions in Plotinus' complex and difficult writings, and succeeds in revealing . . . the accessibility of Plotinus' thought." —K. Corrigan, Ancient Philosophy "The book's great strength lies in the soundness of Hadot's interpretation, which dispels many common misreadings." —Eric D. Perl, Review of Metaphysics "Anyone interested in late Roman philosophy should read this book. It is a delight." —Edgar M. Krentz, Religious Studies Review
Plotinus Or the Simplicity of Vision
Author: Pierre Hadot
language: en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date: 1998-04-28
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 to live philosophically. Seen in this light, Plotinus's counsel against fixation on the body and all earthly matters stemmed not from disgust or fear, but rather from his awareness of the negative effect that bodily preoccupation and material concern could have on spiritual exercises.
Plotinus the Master and the Apotheosis of Imperial Platonism
Author: William H. F. Altman
language: en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: 2024-01-29
Unlike other recent studies, Plotinus the Master and the Apotheosis of Imperial Platonism is critical of Plotinus, and in particular of his version of Platonism, here described as “Imperial.” It is in contrast with Plato-a teacher whose dialogues challenge his students to think for themselves-that William H. F. Altman presents Plotinus as a master, who uses a seductive form of rhetoric throughout the Enneads to persuade his disciples to ignore his self-contradictions and decontextualized quotations from Plato while instead regarding his spiritual experiences, combined with a gift for the creative synthesis of previous thinkers, as the principal basis of their faithful and uncritical allegiance. While setting Plotinus in the context of the Roman Empire and his own critique of the Gnostics, this book grapples throughout with his current and virtually uncritical reception.