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P. Lloyd Gerson

    From Plato to Platonism
    Ennead, Volume 5: That the Intelligibles Are Not External to the Intellect, and on the Good
    Plotinus-Arg Philosophers
    Knowing Persons
    Plotinus: The Enneads
    Aristotle and Other Platonists
    • Aristotle and Other Platonists

      • 335 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania
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      Aristotle versus Plato. For a long time that is the angle from which the tale has been told, in textbooks on the history of philosophy and to university students. Aristotle's philosophy, so the story goes, was au fond in opposition to Plato's. But it...

      Aristotle and Other Platonists
    • Plotinus: The Enneads

      • 939 stránok
      • 33 hodin čítania
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      The Enneads by Plotinus is a work which is central to the history of philosophy in late antiquity. This volume is the first complete edition of the Enneads in English for over seventy-five years, and also includes Porphyry's Life of Plotinus. Led by Lloyd P. Gerson, a team of experts present up-to-date translations which are based on the best available text, the editio minor of Henry and Schwyzer and its corrections. The translations are consistent in their vocabulary, making the volume ideal for the study of Plotinus' philosophical arguments. They also offer extensive annotation to assist the reader, together with cross-references and citations which will enable users more easily to navigate the texts. This monumental edition will be invaluable for scholars of Plotinus with or without ancient Greek, as well as for students of the Platonic tradition.

      Plotinus: The Enneads
    • Knowing Persons

      A Study in Plato

      • 320 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Exploring Plato's account of persons, this study situates his psychology within a two-world metaphysics, presenting embodied individuals as reflections of an ideal, disembodied state. Gerson argues that these individuals embody the conflicts of the sensible world. Central to his analysis is the assertion that philosophy serves as a pathway to self-recognition and understanding one's true identity, highlighting the enduring relevance of Plato's ideas to contemporary philosophical discourse.

      Knowing Persons
    • Plotinus was the most important philosopher in the centuries between Aristotle and Augustine and increase in his work is growing rapidly. Gerson gives a detailed account of Plotinus' arguements and examines them in their historical context.

      Plotinus-Arg Philosophers
    • The treatise explores the concept of internal Forms and posits the existence of a singular, transcendent first principle known as the One or the Good. It argues that both Intellect and the Forms, along with all other entities, derive their existence from this fundamental principle, emphasizing its essential role in the framework of existence.

      Ennead, Volume 5: That the Intelligibles Are Not External to the Intellect, and on the Good
    • From Plato to Platonism

      • 360 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Lloyd P. Gerson argues that Plato was a Platonist and challenges fundamental assumptions about how Plato's teachings have come to be...

      From Plato to Platonism