Plotinus on Love: An Introduction to His Metaphysics through the Concept of Eros /

Plotinus on Love: An Introduction to His Metaphysics through the Concept of Eros /

Plotinus' metaphysics is often portrayed as comprising two movements: the derivation of all reality from a single source, the One, and the return of the individual soul to it. Alberto Bertozzi argues that love is the origin, culmination, and regulative force of this double movement. The One is...

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Main Author: Bertozzi, Alberto (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Series: Philosophia Antiqua ; 155.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441040.

Subjects:

Plotinus. > Enneads. > III, 5 (50)
Eros (The Greek word)
Erōs (The Greek word)
Love > Philosophy.
Neoplatonism.
One (The One in philosophy)

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Call Number: B693.E53

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Table of Contents:
  • The problem of the derivation of the many from the one and its Plotinian solution
  • The derivation of all reality from the one as erotic procession
  • The nature and variety of love in the soul : a guided tour through Enneads III.5 (50) On Eros
  • The one as the supremely loved, or the universal final cause
  • The return of the soul to the one as erotic ascent : Prolegomena to the journey
  • The return of the soul to the one as erotic ascent : the stages of the journey.