Buch, Englisch, 375 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 769 g
Buch, Englisch, 375 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 769 g
Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Religion and Platonism
ISBN: 978-1-009-49486-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
In this study, Mateusz Strózynski offers an experiential and practical way of understanding Plotinus' thought and philosophy through a focus on the act of contemplation. He argues that contemplation, or direct seeing of the principles of reality, is not merely a part of Plotinus' thought, but rather a significant dimension of it. Moreover, he argues that Plotinus understands metaphysics as a conceptual and propositional description of reality from a third-person perspective, as well as an expression of an experience of that reality from a first-person perspective. Strózynski focuses on the first phase of the journey to the Good, namely, on the contemplation of the intelligible world: Nature, Soul, and Intellect. He describes the fall of the soul and her return through the lens of the so-called “Great Kinds”: Being, Movement, Rest, Difference, and Identity. Strózynski also shows how this concept, derived from Plato's Sophist, is creatively used by Plotinus to explain both the loss and the restoration of our ability to contemplate through philosophical practice.
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Introduction; Part I. Descent and Fall: 1. So many mirrors; 2. Out of the father's house; Part II. Soul: 3. The beautiful face of justice; 4. The mirror of nature; 5. The luminous sphere; Part III. Intellect: 6. Looking into our face; 7. All together in eternity; 8. There is only one world; 9. Pamprosopon; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
