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From the Alien to the Alone
A Study of Soul in Plotinus
While this work confirms much recent scholarly consensus on Plotinus, many of Gurtler's interpretations and general conclusions give constructive challenges to some existing modes of understanding Plotinus' thought. The arguments and their textual evidence, with the accompanying Greek, provide the reader with direct evidence for testing these conclusions as well as appreciating the nature of Plotinus' philosophizing.
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"The most striking and distinctive feature of the book is Gurtler's method. He neither focuses on the treatises, principally in Ennead IV, that are expressly devoted to the subject of soul, nor constructs a synthetic account based on a synoptic approach to the Enneads. Instead, he addresses selected treatises in their chronological order, providing close, sequential readings with special attention to key passages in their particular contexts and careful dissection of Plotinus' metaphors and images. In this way he brings to light recurring themes and fundamental principles of Plotinus' thought in a variety of different applications."—Eric D. Perl, Loyola Marymount University
"From the Alien to the Alone is a brilliant and eminently readable contribution to the study of Plotinian Psychology. An exceptionally lucid guide and an insightful interpreter of this notoriously difficult material, Gurtler aptly navigates Plotinus's elaborate philosophical system. Soul in Plotinus represents a metaphysical reality extending well beyond the level of the individual self and rooted in the highest levels of reality. Accordingly, Gurtler's book not only makes contributions to philosophical psychology but offers a clear and compelling reading of Plotinus' overall metaphysics. Gurtler vividly brings out what is most characteristic of Plotinian thought while convincingly arguing that it puts forward viable philosophical positions. This volume will be useful and accessible for both advanced scholars and for students and students of Plotinus."—Daniel Regnier, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan
Hardback | |
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288 | |
8.50 Inches (US) | |
5.50 Inches (US) | |
1.1 Pounds (US) | |
$75.00 USD | |
v2.1 Reference | |
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