Plotinus Ennead VI.4 and VI.5: On the Presence of Being, One and the Same, Everywhere as a Whole: Translation with an Introduction and Commentary

by Steven K. Strange and Eyjólfur K. Emilsson

Ennead VI.4-5, originally written as a single treatise, contains Plotinus' most general and sustained exposition of the relationship between the intelligible and the sensible realms, addressing and coalescing two central issues in Platonism: the nature of the soul-body relationship and the nature of participation. Its main question is, How can soul animate bodies without sharing their extension? The treatise seems to have had considerable impact:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1930972342
• ISBN13: 9781930972346
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Parmenides Publishing
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 17 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher