Plotinus' ethical theory

Analysis of true virtue and civic virtue with respect to providence and time. Civic virtue is the measure imposed on physical passions as a man lives in time. True virtue guides the wise man, who senses the providence that is the pattern behind time, in assimilating his lower to his higher self and...

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Author:P. Plass
Published: S.n., s.l., 1982
Volume:VII
Pages:241-259
Periodical:Illinois classical studies
Format:Article
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Platonism - Neo-platonism > Plotinus > Plotinus
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Analysis of true virtue and civic virtue with respect to providence and time. Civic virtue is the measure imposed on physical passions as a man lives in time. True virtue guides the wise man, who senses the providence that is the pattern behind time, in assimilating his lower to his higher self and in seeing his life as an exemplificacion of noetic reality in the form of true virtue.