Virtue and Hexis in Plotinus

The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of ἕξις in Plotinus’ virtue ethics. It is argued that since ἕξις signifies a quality of being in a permanent state of possession and virtue is defined as an ἕξις that intellectualizes the soul, therefore, it is suggested that virtue is an active ἕξις of the soul directed higher to the intelligible world in permanent contemplation of the Forms.

Contemplation · Epistemology · Possession (linguistics) · Quality (philosophy) · Soul · Virtue · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy

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