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Plotinus : myth, metaphor, and philosophical practice
- Title
- Plotinus : myth, metaphor, and philosophical practice / Stephen R.L. Clark.
- Author
- Clark, Stephen R. L.
- Publication
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-7569 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxi, 344 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-327) and indexes.
- Contents
- Part I. Prolegomena: 1. Why read Plotinus?; 2. How to read Plotinus; 3. Theories about metaphor; 4. Dialectic -- Part II. Metaphorically Speaking: 5. Naked and alone; 6. On becoming love; 7. Shadow plays and mirrors; 8. Reason drunk and sober; 9. Dancing; 10. Remembering and forgetting; 11. Standing up to the blows of fortune -- Part III. The Plotinian Imaginary: 12. Platonic and classical myths; 13. Spheres and circles; 14. Charms and countercharms; 15. Invoking demons; 16. Images within and without; 17. Fixed stars and planets; 18. Waking up -- Part IV. Understanding the Hypostases: 19. Matter; 20. Nature; 21.Soul; 22. Nous; 23. The one -- Part V. The Plotinian way.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-7569
- ISBN
- 9780226339672 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 022633967X (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226339702 (e-book)
- 022633970X (e-book)
- LCCN
- 2015037892
- OCLC
- 919341738
- Author
- Clark, Stephen R. L., author.
- Title
- Plotinus : myth, metaphor, and philosophical practice / Stephen R.L. Clark.
- Publisher
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-327) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-7569