Enneads

If his devoted disciple and editor, Porphyry, had not published the great edition of his master's works which we know as the Enneads it is possible that Plotinus would have before very long been almost completely forgotten.

NEO-PLATONISM A. HILARY ARMSTRONG 1968

In his "Enneads" he traces the paths which lead the soul to the One, and establishes, in keeping with his mysticism, an emanationist metaphysical system.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Parts of the "Enneads" are translated into English by Taylor

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

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".

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Aristotelis "which was merely a compilation from the" Enneads "of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The "Enneads" were first published in a Latin translation by Marsilius Ficinus (Florence, 1492); of recent editions the best are Breuzer and Moser's (Oxford, 1855), and Kirchoff's (Leipzig,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The prose in which the Enneads are rendered enables us to appreciate the intellectual passion of Plotinus; and to be able to communicate to us his own love for his original may be held to be one of the great virtues of a translator.

Later Articles and Reviews W.B. Yeats 2000

Theology of Aristotle, derived from the Enneads of Plotinus.

Mysticism in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy Aminrazavi, Mehdi 2009

Theology of Aristotle claims that he acted as the revisor of this work, in fact an adapted translation of parts of Plotinus 'Enneads IV-VI.

Greek Sources in Arabic and Islamic Philosophy D'Ancona, Cristina 2009

Here's how Plotinus lays it out in his main work, the Enneads: Now if there is a coalescence, the lower is ennobled, the nobler degraded; the body is raised in the scale of being as made participant in life; the Soul, as associated with death and unreason, is brought lower.

Archive 2006-11-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006