| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Philosophia antiqua,
0079-1687 ;
volume 155
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The problem of the derivation of the many from the one and its Plotinian solution -- The derivation of all reality from the one as erotic procession -- The nature and variety of love in the soul : a guided tour through Enneads III. 5 (50) On Eros -- The one as the supremely loved, or the universal final cause -- The return of the soul to the one as erotic ascent : Prolegomena to the journey -- The return of the soul to the one as erotic ascent : the stages of the journey. |
| Summary |
Plotinus' metaphysics is often portrayed as comprising two movements: the derivation of all reality from a single source, the One, and the return of the individual soul to it. Alberto Bertozzi argues that love is the origin, culmination, and regulative force of this double movement. The One is both the self-loving source of the derivation and articulation of all reality in levels of unity and love and the ultimate goal of the longing of the soul, whose return to its source is a gradual transformation of the love it originally received from the One. Touching on virtually all major concepts of Plotinus' philosophy, 'Plotinus on Love' is at once an investigation of a lesser-studied Plotinian theme and an introduction to his metaphysics. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Plotinus. Enneads. III, 5 (50)
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Enneads (Plotinus) |
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Erōs (The Greek word)
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Love -- Philosophy.
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One (The One in philosophy)
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Neoplatonism.
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Neo-Platonism. |
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Erōs (The Greek word) |
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Love -- Philosophy |
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Neoplatonism |
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One (The One in philosophy) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bertozzi, Alberto. Plotinus on love. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] 9789004441002 (DLC) 2020034505 |
| ISBN |
9004441026 |
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9789004441026 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004441002 (hardback) |
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