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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Stephen MacKenna's of Plotinus' Enneads is undoubtedly the finest available; he spent his academic life in translatiBy Bookluvr33Stephen MacKenna's translation of Plotinus' Enneads is undoubtedly the finest available; he spent his academic life in translating this keystone of Neo-. The sheer beauty and elegance of his work makes reading Plotinus an unforgettable experience that make one wish return to the volume often. Plotinus truly comprehended 's philosophy, and MacKenna comprehended Plotinus. A must-own for anyone attracted to Plato.Plotinus: (LP Classic Reprint Series)0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Nice translation, quality printing as well.By Myrrh404Nice translation, and I am impressed with the quality of the actual printing, as well. This looks as if it will hold up to much reading and re reading. The text is crisp and clean and the paper quality good. I'm looking forward to further study in this nice book. Great value for the price.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Poor edition for KindleBy Murilo Cardoso de CastroTable of contents compressed as a whole paragraph. It should have another table of contents based on the chronology of the tractates.

The Six Enneads are the collection of writings of Plotinus. Plotinus was a student of and they were founders of . His work, through , the Cappadocian Fathers, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and several subsequent Christian and Muslim thinkers, has greatly influenced Western and Near-Eastern thought. edited the writings of Plotinus in fifty-four treatises, which greatly vary in length and number of chapters, mostly because he split some original texts and joined others together to match this very number. Then he proceeded to set the fifty-four treatises in groups of nine or "Enneads". He also collected The Enneads into three volumes. The First Ennead deals with Human or ethical topics; the Second and Third Enneads are mostly devoted to cosmological subjects or physical reality; The Fourth concerns about Soul; the Fifth to knowledge and intelligible reality; and finally the Sixth has for topics Being and what is above it, the One or first principle of all.

About the AuthorPlotinus was a major philosopher of the ancient world. In his system of theory there are the three principles: the One, the Intellect, and the Soul. His teacher was Ammonius Saccas and he is of the Platonic tradition. Historians of the 19th century invented the term Neoplatonism and applied it to him and his philosophy which was influential in Late Antiquity. Much of the biographical information about Plotinus comes from Porphyry's preface to his edition of Plotinus' Enneads. His metaphysical writings have inspired centuries of Pagan, Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Gnostic metaphysicians and mystics.

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