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almafu_9960117756802883
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1 online resource (xviii, 236 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-65976-3
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1-316-66036-2
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1-316-66046-X
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1-316-66056-7
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1-316-66066-4
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1-316-66106-7
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1-316-42354-9
Content:
This volume investigates the reasons why Plotinus, a philosopher inspired by Plato, made critical use of Epicurean philosophy. Eminent scholars show that some fundamental Epicurean conceptions pertaining to ethics, physics, epistemology and theology are drawn upon in the Enneads to discuss crucial notions such as pleasure and happiness, providence and fate, matter and the role of sense perception, intuition and intellectual evidence in relation to the process of knowledge acquisition. By focusing on the meaning of these terms in Epicureanism, Plotinus deploys sophisticated methods of comparative analysis and argumentative procedures that ultimately lead him to approach certain aspects of Epicurus' philosophy as a benchmark for his own theories and to accept, reject or discredit the positions of authors of his own day. At the same time, these discussions reveal what aspects of Epicurean philosophy were still perceived to be of vital relevance in the third century AD.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).
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Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Note on transliteration; Introduction; Part I Historical overview; 1 The school and texts of Epicurus in the early centuries of the Roman empire; Part II Common anti-Epicurean arguments in Plotinus; 2 The mention of Epicurus in Plotinus' tr. 33 (Enn. II 9) in the context of the polemics between pagans and Christians in the second to third centuries AD: Parallels between Celsus, Plotinus and Origen; 3 Epicureans and Gnostics in tr. 47 (Enn. III 2) 7.29-41
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4 'Heavy birds' in tr. 5 (Enn. V 9) 1.8: References to Epicureanism and the problem of pleasure in Plotinus5 Plotinus, Epicurus and the problem of intellectual evidence: Tr. 32 (Enn. V 5) 1; 6 'What is known through sense perception is an image'. Plotinus' tr. 32 (Enn. V 5) 1.12-19: An anti-Epicurean argument?; Part III Plotinus' criticism of Epicurean doctrines; 7 Corporeal matter, indefiniteness and multiplicity: Plotinus' critique of Epicurean atomism in tr. 12 (Enn. II 4) 7.20-8; 8 Plotinus' reception of Epicurean atomism in On Fate, tr. 3 (Enn. III 1) 1-3
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Part IV Epicurean elements in Plotinus: some instances9 Athroa epibole: On an Epicurean formula in Plotinus' work; 10 Plotinus and Epicurus on pleasure and happiness; Bibliography; Index locorum; Index of modern authors; Index of main concepts
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-12421-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-56917-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
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Ancient Studies
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316423547
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