ABSTRACT
Plotinus (c.205-70) was a Neoplatonist philosopher, his work posthumously published by Porphyry and divided into six books, nine tractates each, called the Enneads. In this book Majumdar makes a valuable addition to the literature on his work, especially Ennead III.7(45)11-13 - in particular explaining Plotinus' cosmology using the genus-species model of soul, coordinating the literature on the appearance of time and the cosmos with that on the larger issue of Plotinian "emanation" and examining the role of tolma and the restless nature of soul in this conjoint appearance. This book investigates Plotinian "emanation," its laws of poiesis (contemplative making ) and the roles of nature, matter, logos, (rational formative principle) and contemplation and highlights the subtler details of Plotinus' cosmology by disentangling conceptual issues about the nature of soul and self ("we") and their impact on the process of generation of time and the cosmos.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |10 pages
Introduction
part |29 pages
The Hermeneutic Scene
chapter |14 pages
Truth, Method, and Originality
chapter |13 pages
Heritage and Legacy
part |74 pages
The Architectonic Scene
chapter |18 pages
Edifice of Soul
chapter |15 pages
Levels of Self
chapter |20 pages
The Logic of Poiesis
chapter |18 pages
Demiurge, Nature, and Matter
part |112 pages
The Cosmological Scene