Plotinus Ennead V.8: On Intelligible Beauty: Translation with an Introduction and Commentary

by Andrew Smith

Plotinus’ Ennead V.8, originally part of a single work (with III.8, V.5, and II.9), provides the foundation for a positive view of the universe as an image of divine beauty against the Gnostic rejection of the world. Although it emphasizes the cosmic dimension of beauty, it is, as are most treatises of Plotinus, concerned with the individual soul. The notion that the artist has within him an idea of beauty that derives directly from the intelligible world in fact coincides with his theory that each one of us has access to Intellect through his or her own intellect. It is the exploitation of this theme that forms the central dynamic of the treatise, with its stress on our ability to "see" and be one with the intelligible world and its beauty.

173 pages, Paperback

Published January 31, 2018

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[I-kai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emanation aside there is much of what Plotinus says that I agree with! I am surprised at this myself.