ABSTRACT

This extensively revised and updated second edition of The Neoplatonists provides a valuable introduction to the thought of the four central Neoplatonist philosophers, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus and Iamblichus.

part |128 pages

‘Plotinus, the Philosopher of Our Time'

chapter |15 pages

The One or Good

chapter |15 pages

Intellect

chapter |11 pages

Soul

chapter |6 pages

Matter and Evil

chapter |9 pages

The Material Universe

chapter |14 pages

Man

chapter |10 pages

Purification and Virtue

chapter |12 pages

Beauty

chapter |8 pages

Intellectual Contemplation

chapter |7 pages

Mystical Union

part |33 pages

The Neoplatonists after Plotinus

chapter |11 pages

Porphyry

chapter |8 pages

Iamblichus

chapter |11 pages

Proclus

part |5 pages

The Neoplatonist Legacy