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.
| ISBN: | 9781930972650 |
| Publication date: | 30th January 2018 |
| Author: | Andrew Smith |
| Publisher: | Parmenides Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 173 pages |
| Series: | The Enneads of Plotinus |
| Genres: |
Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |