Plotinus on the Appearance of Time and the World of Sense

A Pantomime

Deepa Majumdar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-26502-8 (ISBN)

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In this book, Majumdar investigates Plotinian emanation, its laws of poiesis and the roles of nature, matter, logos and contemplation. She highlights the subtler details of Plotinus’ cosmology by disentangling conceptual issues about the nature of soul and self and their impact on the process of generation of time and the cosmos.

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.

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

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;

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2017
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	1-138-26502-0 / 1138265020
ISBN-13	978-1-138-26502-8 / 9781138265028
Zustand	Neuware