Plotinus At Work on Platonism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23186221 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica Dillon (0000-0002-2164-4476, corresponding author), John Dillon (0000-0002-2873-1249, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189-204 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Greece and Rome (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-3835 • E-ISSN: 1477-4550 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017383500024177 |
| OpenAlex | W2117026710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
‘These teachings are, therefore, no novelties, no inventions of today, but long since stated, if not stressed; our doctrine here is the explanation of an earlier, and can show the antiquity of these opinions on the testimony of Plato himself.’ This quotation, from Enn . V 1.8, where Plotinus is actually presenting his doctrine of the three hypostases – a metaphysical elaboration never envisaged by Plato – encapsulates the interesting relationship which links this great original mind to the other great original mind whom he wished to claim as his master. There is, of course, nothing strange, in the intellectual world of late antiquity, in this desire to base one's doctrine on some time-honoured authority; what is unusual is the degree of originality of the man who is doing this.
Art · Creativity · Doctrine · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphysics · Nothing · Originality · Platonism · Political science · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2018 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |