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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gál, Ota, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic tradition ; 1871-188X v. 29.

Studies in Platonism, Neoplatonism, and the Platonic Tradition, 1871-188X ; volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plotinus.

Aesthetics--Early works to 1800.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

x, 209 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-195) and index.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP22.50 0.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Gál, Ota. Plotinus on beauty

ISBN:

9789004510197

9004510192

OCLC:

1288319742