Plotinus on number / Svetla Slaveva-Griffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slaveva-Griffin, Svetla.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

One (The One in philosophy).

Many (Philosophy).

Symbolism of numbers.

Plotinus. On numbers.

Plotinus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Introduction: One by Number. 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms. Ennead VI.6 and the Timaeus. Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus. Plotinus' apostasies and Numenius' stasis. The Universe as Degrees of Separation from the One. 2. Multiplicity as Number. Surfacing from ""the Neopythagorean Underground"". Outward and Inward Direction of Multiplicity in VI.6. Multiplicity as Effluence and Unity. 3. ""The Number of Infinity"". Plato's Position. Aristotle's Criticism of Plato and the Platonists. Plotinus' Answer. 4. Number and Substance. Plotinus' Three Hypotheses about Number in the Intelligib

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: One by Number; 1. Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms; 2. Multiplicity as Number; 3. The Number of Infinity; 4. Number and Substance; 5. Number and the Universe; 6. Unity of Thought and Writing; Conclusion: In Defense of Plato; Bibliography; Index of Names and Subjects; Index Locorum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-281-98716-6

9786611987169

0-19-970374-4

OCLC:

476244044