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Plotinus. on the voluntary and on the free will of the one

Title
Plotinus. Ennead, VI. 8 : on the voluntary and on the free will of the one / [Plotinus] ; translation with an introduction and commentary, Kevin Corrigan and John D. Turner.
Author
Plotinus
Publication
  • Las Vegas : Parmenides Publishing, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Corrigan, Kevin
  • Turner, John D. (John Douglas)
Series Statement
The Enneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries
Uniform Title
  • Enneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries.
  • Ennead. VI, 8. English
Alternative Title
  • Ennead. VI, 8.
  • On the voluntary and on the free will of the one
Subject
  • Plotinus. Ennead. VI, 8
  • Free will and determinism > Early works to 1800
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Greek, Ancient.
Contents
Introduction to the treatise -- Note on the Greek text -- Note on Translations -- Synopsis -- Translation -- Commentary [Chapters 1-21] -- Glossary.
Call Number
JFC 18-169
ISBN
  • 9781930972391
  • 1930972393
LCCN
2017023284
OCLC
995355471
Author
Plotinus, author.
Title
Plotinus. Ennead, VI. 8 : on the voluntary and on the free will of the one / [Plotinus] ; translation with an introduction and commentary, Kevin Corrigan and John D. Turner.
Publisher
Las Vegas : Parmenides Publishing, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Description
488 pages ; 20 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The Enneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries
Enneads of Plotinus with philosophical commentaries.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary
Ennead VI. 8 gives us access to the living mind of a long dead sage as he tries to answer some of the most fundamental questions we in the modern world continue to ask: are we really free when most of the time we are overwhelmed by compulsions, addictions, and necessities, and how can we know that we are free? Can we trace this freedom through our own agency to the gods, to the Soul, Intellect, and the Good? How do we know that the world is meaningful and not simply the result of chance or randomness? Plotinus' On the Voluntary and on the Free Will of the One is a groundbreaking work that provides a new understanding of the importance and nature of free human agency. It articulates a creative idea of agency and radical freedom by showing how such terms as desire, will, self-dependence, and freedom in the human ethical sphere can be genuinely applied to Intellect and the One while preserving the radical inability of all metaphysical language to express anything about God or gods. --! From back cover.
Language
Translated from the Greek, Ancient.
Added Author
Corrigan, Kevin, translator, commentator.
Turner, John D. (John Douglas), translator, commentator.
Other Form:
Online version: Plotinus. Ennead VI. 8. First edition. Las Vegas : Parmenides Publishing, 2017 9781930972407 (DLC) 2017035972
Research Call Number
JFC 18-169
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