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.
Autore: | Kevin Corrigan |
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Pubblicazione: |
S.n.,
s.l.,
1985
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Volume: | IX |
Pagine: | 37-52 |
Periodico: | Dionysius |
Formato: | Article |
Soggetto: | -
Biografia
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Platonismo - neoplatonismo
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Plotino
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Status: | Active |
Riassunto: | 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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