Plotinus: Road to Reality
This 1967 study of Plotinus' philosophy was the first comprehensive work in English since Inge's The Philosophy of Plotinus was published early in the twentieth century. After a brief biography of Plotinus, Professor Rist discusses, among other topics, Plotinus' concept of the one, the logos and free will and ends with a discussion of faith in Plotinus and later in Neoplatonism. Perhaps because he is strictly neither a classical nor a medieval philosopher Plotinus' work has been rather neglected in the English-speaking world. Professor Rist has rescued him from this relative obscurity and has indicated some of the ways in which he has influenced both Christian and non-Christian philosophers.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A life for the sage
- 3. The Plotinian One
- 4. The one's knowledge
- 5. Beauty, the beautiful and the good
- 6. Emanation and necessity
- 7. Logos
- 8. The sensible object
- 9. The descent of the soul
- 10. Man's free will' 11. Happiness
- 12. The self and others
- 13. The originality of Plotinus
- 14. A common metaphor
- 15. Prayer
- 16. Mysticism
- 17. Neoplatonic faith
- 18. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Indices.
