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Plotinus on perceptual memory

Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
The paper has a dual purpose, one historical and one theoretical. It aims to show, first, that Plotinus' notion of perceptual memory heavily draws on Stoic views insofar as both regard memory as a linguistic phenomenon. Furthermore, it aims to answer two
Péter Lautner
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Plotinus' power account of perception: Ennead IV.6.2

Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
The paper provides a close reading of Plotinus' obscure chapter Ennead IV.6.2. I try to make clear, beyond the central thesis that sense-perception is an active power, how it contributes to the argument of the whole treatise, how its seemingly ...
Attila Hangai
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The Oneness of Being in Ibn ʿArabī and Plotinus

This book presents a comparative philosophical study of the concept of the Oneness of Being (waḥdat al-wujūd) in thernworks of the influential Sufi thinker Ibn ʿArabī and the Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus.
Rasoul Rahbari Ghazani
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Problems of the lower soul in Plotinus: Defining its powers and its origin

Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Although there is no real distinction in the soul in the metaphysics of Plotinus, discussing the activities of the individual souls, he does distinguish between higher and lower soul.
Á. Guba
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Plotinus' Hierarchical View of Emotions and its Relevance to Research on Affectivity

Acta Classica, 2020
:In the paper I start by presenting the status quæstionis. Since the existing analyses do not do justice to Plotinus' view of emotions, I present a number of passages from the Enneads in order to give a complete account.
R. Zaborowski
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Plotinus’s Apophatic Theology

, 2020
The purpose of this article is to analyze the content of Plotinus’s apophatic theology. The problem of the limit of human cognition has always been topical in the history of the human thought. The absolute reality acted as such a limit in Platonism.
Dmitriy A. Filin, Russia Arts
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Plotinus

Christianity & Literature, 1995
Abstract This book is a guide to those wishing to read the works (the Enneads) of Plotinus, one of the greatest figures of ancient philosophy. The book provides an outline of Plotinus’ life and of the composition of the Enneads, placing Plotinus in the intellectual context of his time.
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Plotinus the Master and the Apotheosis of Imperial Platonism

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 ...
William H. F. Altman
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Monist and Dualist Tendencies in Platonism before Plotinus

The Roots of Platonism, 2019
An article by John Dillon (Trinity College, Dublin) argues that the Platonism that Plotinus inherits setting aside Ammonius Saccas, of whom we know all too little is by the later second century distinctly dualist in tendency, and is able, especially in ...
J. Dillon
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Relationality as the Ground of Being: The One as Pure Relation in Plotinus

The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition, 2019
My main argument will be that Plotinus’ notion of The One is best understood as “pure relation”. I will argue that Aristotle’s understanding of relation as being determined by relata has been the dominant understanding and that this is wrong-headed ...
James Filler
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