Body's approach to soul

An examination of a recurrent theme in the Enneads

In VI, 4-5, Plotinus repeatedly uses the image of an external nature approaching and enveloping a core of soul. The metaphor of approach is not to be understood spatially, nor simply as a literary device.

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Autor:Kevin Corrigan
Publicado: S.n., s.l., 1985
Volumen:IX
Páginas:37-52
Periódico:Dionysius
Formato:Article
Tópico:- Biografía > Relaciones y Fuentes > [Platonisme. Néo-platonisme] > [Plotin] > [Plotin]
Estado:Active
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Sumario:In VI, 4-5, Plotinus repeatedly uses the image of an external nature approaching and enveloping a core of soul. The metaphor of approach is not to be understood spatially, nor simply as a literary device.