Deepa Majumdar

Plotinus on the Appearance of Time and the World of Sense (eBook, ePUB)

A Pantomime

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Plotinus (c.205-70) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, his work posthumously published by Porphyry and divided into six books, nine tractates each, called the Enneads. In this book Majumdar makes a valuable addition to the literature on his work, especially Ennead III.7(45)11-13 - in particular explaining Plotinus' cosmology using the genus-species model of soul, coordinating the literature on the appearance of time and the cosmos with that on the larger issue of Plotinian "emanation" and examining the role of tolma and the restless nature of soul in this conjoint appearance. This book investigates Plotinian "emanation," its laws of poiesis (contemplative making ) and the roles of nature, matter, logos, (rational formative principle) and contemplation and highlights the subtler details of Plotinus' cosmology by disentangling conceptual issues about the nature of soul and self ("we") and their impact on the process of generation of time and the cosmos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317079682
• Artikelnr.: 49351848

Autorenporträt

Deepa Majumdar is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University North Central, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 1 The Hermeneutic Scene
Chapter 2 Truth, Method, and Originality
Chapter 3 Heritage and Legacy
Part 2 The Architectonic Scene
Chapter 4 Edifice of Soul
Chapter 5 Levels of Self
Chapter 6 The Logic of Poiesis
Chapter 7 Demiurge, Nature, and Matter
Part 3 The Cosmological Scene
Chapter 8 The Making of the World of Sense in the Enneads
Chapter 9 Conjoint Appearance of Time and the World of Sense (III.7(45).11)
Chapter 10 The Nature and Role of the Self ("We") in III.7(45).11
Chapter 11 Tolma, Polupragmatic Nature - Historical Roots and the Noetic Level
Chapter 12 Tolma, Polupragmatic Nature, Unquiet Power, and the Descent of Soul in III.7(45).11
Chapter 13 Pantomime