Ennead V.5 : that the intelligibles are not external to the intellect, and on the good / Plotinus ; translation, with an introduction, and commentary, Lloyd P. Gerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plotinus, author.

Contributor:

Gerson, Lloyd P., translator, writer of introduction.

Series:

Enneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries

The Enneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries

Standardized Title:

That the intelligibles are not external to the intellect, and on the good. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Plotinus. Enneads.

Plotinus. Ennead--V, 5.

Enneads (Plotinus).

Plotinus.

Soul--Early works to 1800.

Soul.

One (The One in philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Form (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Form (Philosophy).

One (The One in philosophy).

Local Subjects:

Plotinus.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

214 pages ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

Las Vegas : Parmenides Publishing, [2013]

Summary:

"Platonists beginning in the Old Academy itself and up to and including Plotinus struggled to understand and articulate the relation between Plato's Demiurge and the Living Animal which served as the model for creation. The central question is whether "contents" of the Living Animal, the Forms, are internal to the mind of the Demiurge or external and independent. For Plotinus, the solution depends heavily on how the Intellect that is the Demiurge and the Forms or intelligibles are to be understood in relation to the first principle of all, the One or the Good. The treatise V.5 (32) sets out the case for the internality of Forms and argues for the necessary existence of an absolutely simple and transcendent first principle of all, the One or the Good. Not only Intellect and the Forms, but everything else depend on this principle for their being"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781930972858

1930972857

OCLC:

829739835

Publisher Number:

99957844620