Plotinus, Neoplatonism, & the transcendence of the one / Jens Halfwassen ; edited and translated by Carl Séan O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halfwassen, Jens, author.

Contributor:

O'Brien, Carl Sean, translator.

Series:

Theandrites.

Theandrites

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Neoplatonism.

Transcendence (Philosophy).

Halfwassen, Jens.

Plotinus.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 271 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Steubenville, OH : Franciscan University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Plotinus (204-70) is the founder of Neoplatonism and its most significant thinker. He shaped late antique philosophy and significantly influenced the entire metaphysical tradition of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and German Idealism. In this volume, Jens Halfwassen presents Plotinus' life and work, as well as the most important aspects of his historical influence. Issues of key importance for the Neoplatonists-such as the interaction between Being and Thought, the ascent of the soul, and the interpretation of Plato's theory of principles-are explained in detail in the course of outlining the Neoplatonic metaphysical system. The introduction outlines Halfwassen's significant contribution to the study of Plotinus, paying particular attention to the differences between the current German and Anglophone approaches to the Platonic tradition"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Foreword to the Original German Edition of Plotinus and Neoplatonism / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 1 What Is Neoplatonism? / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. Neoplatonism's Position in the History of Ideas / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Appeal to Plato / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. Additional Influences / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 2 Plotinus: The Man and His Works / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. Plotinus Life / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Plotinus Treatises ax / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 3 The Metaphysics of the One / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. The One as the Basis for Being and Thought / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. The Ascent to the Absolute / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. Absolute Transcendence and Negative Theology / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. Plotinus' Mysticism: Ecstasis as the Self-Rising above Thought / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 4 The Metaphysics of Intellect / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. The Intellect as the Identity of Thought and Being / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Intellect as the Plenitude of Being / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. The Priority of Being before Thought / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. Being as Self-Unfolding and Self-Mediation / Carl Sean O'Brien

c. Everything in Everything / Carl Sean O'Brien

d. The Unity of Opposites / Carl Sean O'Brien

e. Self-Consciousness / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. The Origin of Intellect / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. Self-Reference and Intellect's Anticipation of Unity / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. The Original Act of Thought: Procession and Reversion / Carl Sean O'Brien

c. The Relationship of Intellect to Transcendence / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 5 Soul, World, and Man / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. The Soul as the Image of Intellect / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Time and Eternity / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. Eternity as the Life of Intellect / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. Time as the Life of Soul / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. World Generation and the Understanding of Nature / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. The Soul as World Generator / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. Nature as Contemplation / Carl Sean O'Brien

c. Matter / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. Man and Freedom / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. What Is Man? / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. Freedom as Self-Determination and as Transcendence / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 6 Neoplatonism after Plotinus / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. Porphyry / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. Triadic Metaphysics / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. The Discovery of the Will / Carl Sean O'Brien

c. The Philosophical Interpretation of Religion / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Proclus / Carl Sean O'Brien

a. From Iamblichus to Proclus / Carl Sean O'Brien

b. Proclean Dialectic / Carl Sean O'Brien

c. The End of the Academy / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. Christian Neoplatonism / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. Further Developments / Carl Sean O'Brien

Chronology / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 7 Beyond Being and Non-Being: How Can One Argue for Transcendence? / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. The Ontological Proof of God and the Absolute / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Plato's Hypothesis Method as a Demonstration of the Absolute / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. Three Arguments for the Transcendence of the Absolute / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. The Identification of Transcendence as a Knowing Non-Knowing / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 8 Plotinus' Interpretation of Plato's Theory of Principles / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. Plotinus as Plato's Interpreter / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Why Does Plato Postulate a Second Principle alongside the One? / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. The Unitary Form of Intellect / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. The Unity of the Intellect and of Monism as the Basis of Unity / Carl Sean O'Brien

5. The Two-Stage Original Act of Thought / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 9 Waking Up to Itself: Plotinus' Concept of Insight / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. Insight and Discursive Thought / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Internalization / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. All-Unity / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. Concrete Totality / Carl Sean O'Brien

5. Beauty / Carl Sean O'Brien

6. Self-Knowledge / Carl Sean O'Brien

7. Summary / Carl Sean O'Brien

ch. 10 Proclus on the Transcendence of the One in Plato / Carl Sean O'Brien

1. Proclus' Understanding of Himself as a Platonist / Carl Sean O'Brien

2. Origen the Pagan's Interpretation of Plato / Carl Sean O'Brien

3. Proclus' Reading of the Key Platonic Texts Concerning the Transcendence of the Absolute / Carl Sean O'Brien

4. Speusippus as the Principal Witness for the Transcendence of the One / Carl Sean O'Brien.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.

Publications of Jens Halfwassen (pages 253-264).

Contains:

Halfwassen, Jens. Plotin und der Neuplatonismus. English.

Halfwassen, Jens. Auf den Spuren des Einen. Selections. English.

ISBN:

9781733988995

1733988998

OCLC:

1258041712

Publisher Number:

99989849174