Plotinus on selfhood, freedom and politics
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af Plotinus on selfhood, freedom and politics af Asger Ousager
As the most important philosophical work to emerge in the 700-year period between Aristotle and Augustine, The Enneads has been subject to intense scrutiny for more than 2000 years. But the mystical and abstract nature of these treatises by Plotinus continues to resist easy elucidation. In this volume, the latest in the Aarhus Studies on Mediterranean Antiquity, Asger Ousager grapples with the great neo-Platonist's conception of the individual. Is the individual free or determined? Is the Plotinian God subject to any compulsion Himself, and with what consequences for our inner and outer freedom? And finally, what are the political and ethical implications of Plotinism?
Since Plotinus has traditionally been regarded as apolitical, it is the evidence that Ousager marshals for his political philosophy that forms the most intriguing part of this study. According to the author, what distinguishes Plotinus from Plato and Aristotle politically is his emphasis on natural authority, mutual cooperation and the immense potential of all people, even slaves. The volume concludes with a brief survey of archaeological evidence for the direct social and political impact of Plotinus' thought on his own age.
Detaljer
Serie
Forlag
Aarhus University Press
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0
ISBN
9788771246698
Sprog
engelsk
Originalsprog
dansk
Originaltitel
Plotinus on Selfhood, Freedom and Politics
Udgivelsesdato
03-01-0001
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E-bog
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REFLOWABLE
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Epub
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DigitalVandmaerkning
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5035 KB
Varenr.
2223157
EAN nr.
9788771246698
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