Matter and time in Plotinus
Plotinus maintains that sensible matter is both the cause of becoming and the source evil. These two aspects of sensible matter may be reconciled by viewing time and matter as different expressions of the same principle, as Plotinus also holds that the material cause of the sou's decline is temporal...
Author: | J. Simons |
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1985
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Volume: | IX |
Pages: | 53-74 |
Periodical: | Dionysius |
Format: | Article |
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Plotinus
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Status: | Needs Review |
Summary: | Plotinus maintains that sensible matter is both the cause of becoming and the source evil. These two aspects of sensible matter may be reconciled by viewing time and matter as different expressions of the same principle, as Plotinus also holds that the material cause of the sou's decline is temporal flux. |
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