Plotinus on number / Svetla Slaveva-Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plotinus. On numbers.

Plotinus.

One (The One in philosophy).

Many (Philosophy).

Symbolism of numbers.

Physical Description:

xii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Contents:

1 Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms 24

Ennead VI.6 and the Timaeus 24

Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus 28

Plotinus' Apostasis and Numenius' Stasis 31

The Universe as Degrees of Separation from the One 37

2 Multiplicity as Number 42

Surfacing from the "Neopythagorean Underground" 42

Outward and Inward Direction of Multiplicity in Ennead VI.6 46

Multiplicity as Effluence and University 49

3 The Number of Infinity 54

Plato's Position 56

Aristotle's Criticism of Plato and the Platonists 58

Plotinus' Answer 63

4 Number and Substance 71

Plotinus' Three Hypotheses about Number in the Intelligible Realm 71

Is Substantial Number Discrete and Incidental? 76

The Whole Number of Beings 81

Substantial and Monadic Number 85

5 Number and the Universe 95

Substantial Number and the One 95

Substantial Number and Absolute Being 100

Substantial Number and Intellect 103

Substantial Number and Beings 106

Substantial Number and the Complete Living Being 107

Soul and Number 112

The Unfigured Figure of Soul's Dance 118

6 Unity of Thought and Writing 131

Porphyry and the Enneads 132

Ennead VI.6 134

"Six Along with the Nines" 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780195377194

0195377192

OCLC:

233172776