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Plotinus on Number (Hardcover)
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Plotinus on Number (Hardcover)
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Ancient Greek Philosophy routinely relied upon concepts of number
to explain the tangible order of the universe. Plotinus'
contribution to this tradition, however, has been often omitted, if
not ignored. The main reason for this, at first glance, is the
Plotinus does not treat the subject of number in the Enneads as
pervasively as the Neopythagoreans or even his own successors
Lamblichus, Syrianus, and Proclus. Nevertheless, a close
examination of the Enneads reveals that Plotinus systematically
discusses number in relation to each of his underlying principles
of existence--the One, Intellect, and Soul. Plotinus on Number
offers the first comprehensive analysis of Plotinus' concept of
number, beginning with its origins in Plato and the Neopythagoreans
and ending with its influence on Porphyry's arrangement of the
Enneads. It's main argument is that Plotinus adapts Plato's and the
Neopythagoreans' cosmology to place number in the foundation of the
intelligible realm and in the construction of the universe. Through
Plotinus' defense of Plato's Ideal Numbers from Aristotle's
criticism, Svetla Slaveva-Griffin reveals the founder of
Neoplatonism as the first post-Platonic philosopher who
purposefully and systematically develops what we may call a theory
of number, distinguishing between number in the intelligible realm
and number in the quantitative, mathematical realm. Finally, the
book draws attention to Plotinus' concept as a necesscary and
fundamental linke between Platonic and late Neoplatonic schools of
philosophy.
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