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...
Author: | P. Plass |
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Published: |
S.n.,
s.l.,
1982
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Volume: | VII |
Pages: | 241-259 |
Periodical: | Illinois classical studies |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
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Status: | Needs Review |
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. |
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