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This is the first comprehensive study of Plotinus' theory of the soul for half a century. It shows how Plotinus derives his psychology from an innovative interpretation of Plato's Timaeus and proposes it as a response to Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of the soul.

Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Unity and creation: why Plotinus introduced the hypostasis Soul; 2. The hypostasis Soul; 3. The hypostasis Soul and its relation to individual souls; 4. The individual soul in the intelligible and in the sensible world; 5. Divine individual souls; 6. The human soul: its descent and its confusion in the sensible world; 7. The human soul: the higher and the lower soul; 8. The soul and the body.

Plotinus on the Soul

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 11/8/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107513839, 978-1107513839
      ISBN10: 1107513839
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is the first comprehensive study of Plotinus' theory of the soul for half a century. It shows how Plotinus derives his psychology from an innovative interpretation of Plato's Timaeus and proposes it as a response to Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of the soul.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; 1. Unity and creation: why Plotinus introduced the hypostasis Soul; 2. The hypostasis Soul; 3. The hypostasis Soul and its relation to individual souls; 4. The individual soul in the intelligible and in the sensible world; 5. Divine individual souls; 6. The human soul: its descent and its confusion in the sensible world; 7. The human soul: the higher and the lower soul; 8. The soul and the body.

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