Philosophic silence and the 'One' in Plotinus 9781107154629, 9781316650790, 1107154626, 1316650790
Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of Late Antiquity, discusses at length a first principle of reality - the One - which
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Half-title page......Page 3
Title page......Page 5
Copyright page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
Part I The Cultural Roots of Platonist Philosophic Silence......Page 29
1 De philosophorum Græcorum silentio mystico: Preliminaries......Page 31
2 The Silent Philosopher......Page 53
3 Perennial Wisdom and Platonist Tradition......Page 98
4 Plotinus and 'The Ancients': Tradition, Truth and Transcendence......Page 137
Part II The Transcendent Absolute, the Ineffable and Plotinian Poetics of Transcendence......Page 157
5 The Development of the Transcendent Absolute in the Middle Platonist Milieu......Page 159
6 The Transcendent Absolute and the Ineffability of Reality in Plotinus......Page 188
7 The Poetics of Transcendence in Plotinus......Page 223
Conclusion......Page 253
Appendices......Page 263
Appendix A: The Plotinian Idea of Tradition and `Platonism'......Page 265
Appendix B: Esoteric Hermeneutics, Plato and Aristotle in Plotinus......Page 269
Appendix C: Some Useful Notes on Plotinian Metaphysics......Page 273
Appendix D: Modern Theories of Philosophic Silence......Page 278
Select Primary Bibliography......Page 286
Secondary Bibliography......Page 288
Index......Page 308
Cover......Page 1
Half-title page......Page 3
Title page......Page 5
Copyright page......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
Part I The Cultural Roots of Platonist Philosophic Silence......Page 29
1 De philosophorum Græcorum silentio mystico: Preliminaries......Page 31
2 The Silent Philosopher......Page 53
3 Perennial Wisdom and Platonist Tradition......Page 98
4 Plotinus and 'The Ancients': Tradition, Truth and Transcendence......Page 137
Part II The Transcendent Absolute, the Ineffable and Plotinian Poetics of Transcendence......Page 157
5 The Development of the Transcendent Absolute in the Middle Platonist Milieu......Page 159
6 The Transcendent Absolute and the Ineffability of Reality in Plotinus......Page 188
7 The Poetics of Transcendence in Plotinus......Page 223
Conclusion......Page 253
Appendices......Page 263
Appendix A: The Plotinian Idea of Tradition and `Platonism'......Page 265
Appendix B: Esoteric Hermeneutics, Plato and Aristotle in Plotinus......Page 269
Appendix C: Some Useful Notes on Plotinian Metaphysics......Page 273
Appendix D: Modern Theories of Philosophic Silence......Page 278
Select Primary Bibliography......Page 286
Secondary Bibliography......Page 288
Index......Page 308
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