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Plotinus on Self - The Philosophy of the 'We' (Hardcover)
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Plotinus on Self - The Philosophy of the 'We' (Hardcover)
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Plotinus, the founder of the Neoplatonic school of philosophy,
conceptualises two different notions of self (or 'us'): the
corporeal and the rational. Personality and imperfection mark the
former, while goodness and a striving for understanding mark the
latter. In this text, Dr Remes grounds the two selfhoods in
deep-seated Platonic ontological commitments, following their
manifestations, interrelations and sometimes uneasy coexistence in
philosophical psychology, emotional therapy and ethics. Plotinus'
interest lies in what it means for a human being to be a temporal
and a corporeal thing, yet capable of abstract and impartial
reasoning, of self-government and perhaps even invulnerability. The
book argues that this involves a philosophically problematic
rupture within humanity which is, however, alleviated by the
psychological similarities and points of contact between the two
aspects of the self. The purpose of life is the cultivation of the
latter aspect, the true self.
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