Plotinus on beauty : beauty as illuminated unity in multiplicity / Ota Gál.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gál, Ota, author.

Series:

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; Volume 29.

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition Series ; Volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics--Early works to 1800.

Aesthetics.

Plotinus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2022

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, [2022]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this book, Ota Gál presents a new analysis of Plotinus' conception of beauty, beginning from a close reading of treatises I.6 and V.8, which link beauty with the unified multiplicity of Intellect. This account is subsequently placed in a hierarchical and structural context in VI.2 and VI.6 and connected to illumination in VI.7, enabling us to determine the meaning of the predicate "beauty" at different ontological levels. For Plotinus, beauty is ultimately the illuminated unity in multiplicity of Intellect, which, as the manifestation of the Good, simultaneously enables the soul's ascent and threatens to bind the soul to itself"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ota Gál

Copyright Page / Ota Gál

Acknowledgements / Ota Gál

Abbreviations / Ota Gál

Chapter 1 Introduction / Ota Gál

Chapter 2 Beauty as a Stepping-Stone (Treatise I .6) / Ota Gál

Chapter 3 Intelligible Beauty (Treatise V .8) / Ota Gál

Chapter 4 Unity, Multiplicity and the Highest Kinds (Treatise VI .2) / Ota Gál

Chapter 5 Unity, Multiplicity and the Numbers (Treatise VI .6) / Ota Gál

Chapter 6 Beauty as the Manifestation of the Good (Treatise VI .7) / Ota Gál

Chapter 7 Beauty as Illuminated Unity in Multiplicity / Ota Gál

Bibliography / Ota Gál

Index / Ota Gál.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789004510203

9004510206

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004510203 DOI