Plotinus

Title page......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
I. Life and Writings......Page 5
II. The Philosophical and Religious Background of the Enneads......Page 10
III. The Thought of Plotinus......Page 20
Table......Page 34
A. Porphyry\'s Life......Page 39
B. On the Three Hypostases......Page 43
C. The One or Good......Page 47
(a) In its Relation to the One......Page 59
(b) As World of Forms - ntellect......Page 65
(a) In its Relationship to Nous......Page 78
(b) In its Activity in the Sense-world......Page 83
The order and unity of the visible universe......Page 91
Time and eternity......Page 100
Matter and evil......Page 102
(a) Their Foundation in Nous and Relationship to Universal Soul......Page 107
(b) Higher and Lower Self......Page 110
(c) Descent into the Visible World......Page 115
(a) The First Stages......Page 120
(b) The Return to Nous......Page 132
(c) The Ascent to Union with the One......Page 135
Notes......Page 143
Index......Page 151