Neoplatonism and nature : studies in Plotinus' Enneads

Author(s)

• Wagner, Michael F.
• International Society for Neoplatonic Studies

Bibliographic Information

Neoplatonism and nature : studies in Plotinus' Enneads

Michael F. Wagner, editor

（Studies in Neoplatonism : ancient and modern, v. 8）

State University of New York Press, c2002

• : pbk

Note

"International Society for Neoplatonic Studies"

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book advances an understanding of Plotinus' views on the natural cosmos and their relevance to natural philosophy and the development of science. The contributors confront issues concerning the presence of scientific principles and conceptions in Plotinus' writing, and discuss the degree to which Plotinus' views and methodologies incorporate aspects of how modern thinkers interpret science as well as areas currently thought of as physics and biology. The essays recognize and embrace the richness, subtlety, and complexity of Plotinus' Neoplatonism as expressed in his Enneads, even while illustrating its pertinence to natural philosophy and the historical development of scientific thinking.

Table of Contents

Preface R. Baine Harris Introduction Michael F. Wagner Plotinus and the Possibility of Natural Science Ronald F. Hathaway Plotinus and Biology Anthony Preus Plotinus Against Aristotle's Essentialism Lloyd P. Gerson Explanation and Nature in Enneads VI.7.1.-15 Sara L. Rappe Providence: The Platonic Demiurge and Hellenistic Causality Gary M. Gurtler Freedom and Providence in Plotinus Laura S. Westra The Notion of Beauty in the Structure of the Universe: Pythagorean Influences Aphrodite Alexandrakis The One: Substance or Function? Reiner Schurmann Plotinus on the Origin of Matter William J. Carroll Plotinus' Set of Categories for the Kosmos Aisthetos Christos Evangeliou Sympathy: Stoic Materialism and the Platonic Soul Gary M. Gurtler Plotinus, Nature, and the Scientific Spirit Michael F. Wagner Index Propria Index Locorum (Enneads)

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Details

• NCID: BA56826097
• ISBN:
  • 0791452719
  • 0791452727
• LCCN: 2001049175
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 338 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 186/.4
  • LCC : B645
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Neoplatonism
  • LCSH : Plotinus. Enneads
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0058306X