Project Gutenberg 2013-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 107 Plotinus 204 270 Plotinos Πλωτῖνος Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan 1871 1940 Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan Launfal Guthrie, K. S. (Kenneth Sylvan) Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods Produced by Charlene Taylor, Joe C, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3" by Plotinus is a philosophical treatise written in the late antiquity period. This volume includes a comprehensive examination of Platonic thought and Neoplatonism, particularly focusing on concepts like unity, manifoldness, and the nature of numbers. The work is not narrative fiction but rather a deep exploration of metaphysical ideas, reflecting on the essence of reality and existence. The opening of this volume delves into the concepts of unity and manifoldness, posing questions about the nature of distance from unity and the potential evils inherent in multiplicity. Plotinus begins by asserting that manifoldness signifies a departure from unity, suggesting that true greatness lies in the ability to remain true to one's essence rather than expanding outward into complexity. He explores the implications of these ideas for the nature of infinity and numerical existence, arguing that the true essence of numbers exists in an intelligible realm rather than as mere constructs of the physical world. This philosophical inquiry sets the foundation for a broader discussion on the relationship between essence, intelligence, and the creation of the universe in subsequent sections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42932/42932-h/images/cover.jpg en Plotinus B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 833351 833360 2024-09-18T05:54:53.875627 2023-09-18T14:13:18.947786 text/html text/html 846806 2013-06-13T10:59:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 314230 2013-06-13T11:01:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 367311 2024-09-18T05:55:05.773623 application/epub+zip 366310 2024-09-18T05:54:55.782619 application/epub+zip 366310 2024-09-18T05:54:54.801656 application/epub+zip 635527 2024-09-18T05:55:12.826536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 570696 2024-09-18T05:55:04.555619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 570827 2022-09-19T15:22:10.048370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694089 693845 2024-09-18T05:54:52.335637 2023-09-18T14:13:17.546751 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 693984 2013-06-13T05:55:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 232224 2013-06-13T11:01:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 693974 2013-06-13T05:55:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 232199 2013-06-13T11:01:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20804 2024-09-18T05:55:12.982524 application/rdf+xml 13608 2024-09-18T05:54:54.953622 image/jpeg 2448 2024-09-18T05:54:54.877632 image/jpeg 309137 2024-09-18T05:54:53.936648 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia