Project Gutenberg 2013-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 155 Plotinus 204 270 Plotinos Πλωτῖνος Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan 1871 1940 Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan Launfal Guthrie, K. S. (Kenneth Sylvan) Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 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. 4" by Plotinus is a philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. This volume forms part of a comprehensive collection of Plotinus’ works, focusing particularly on his profound insights into metaphysics, ethics, and the nature of happiness and existence. The texts aim to explore complex ideas, such as whether animals and plants can be regarded as happy, situating them within a framework of various philosophical schools like Aristotelianism and Stoicism. The opening of this volume engages readers with a rigorous examination of the concept of happiness. Plotinus raises questions about the nature of happiness and whether it can be assigned to non-human life forms, including animals and plants, arguing for a broader understanding of happiness that transcends mere sensation or rationality. He contrasts the lives of different creatures, asserting that true happiness is rooted in a complete realization of one’s nature, suggesting that happiness derives not just from fulfilling basic instincts or pleasures, but from a deeper alignment with the essence of being. This philosophical inquiry sets the stage for an exploration of the relationship between happiness, the good, and the essential qualities that define existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42933/42933-h/images/cover.jpg en Plotinus B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 1572037 1572149 2024-09-18T05:55:18.318550 2023-09-18T14:13:40.711460 text/html text/html 1451201 2013-06-13T10:54:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 407485 2013-06-13T11:04:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 506789 2024-09-18T05:55:43.419865 application/epub+zip 520872 2024-09-18T05:55:23.629016 application/epub+zip 520872 2024-09-18T05:55:20.561051 application/epub+zip 1006445 2024-09-18T05:55:57.804821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811558 2024-09-18T05:55:40.596930 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 811696 2022-09-19T15:22:55.580247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 865991 865747 2024-09-18T05:55:13.712584 2023-09-18T14:13:36.408410 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 865864 2013-06-13T10:56:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 285222 2013-06-13T11:04:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 865857 2013-06-13T10:55:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 285162 2013-06-13T11:04:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20809 2024-09-18T05:55:57.980791 application/rdf+xml 13728 2024-09-18T05:55:21.484001 image/jpeg 2479 2024-09-18T05:55:21.023987 image/jpeg 452367 2024-09-18T05:55:18.404557 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