Plotinus Ennead III.4: On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit, Volume 1: Translation with an Introduction and Commentary Paperback -
by Wiebke-Marie Stock
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On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit is a lively and at times perplexing text combining general reflections on the nature of the soul with a discussion of the phenomenon of a personal guardian spirit. Plotinus wants to interpret Plato, and aims to integrate Plato's various statements about daimones into one comprehensive theory. This leads to some views that are, if not exotic, then at least strange on first encounter. However, a closer reading reveals that Plotinus is not interested in demonology per se. Instead, the central concern of the treatise are ideas about the soul, the self, and self-consciousness. Plotinus' explorations produce a theory of the mind as the agent and activity responsible for a person's ethical choices and conduct of life. The demon emerges as a philosophical tool passed down from Plato, but adapted and rationalized to try to explain motivation to action, the impulse toward the ethical life, and even the various differences in human ethical and psychological constitution. This innovative theory is a response to a strong and ongoing current of thought in the philosophical tradition.
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- Title Plotinus Ennead III.4: On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit, Volume 1: Translation with an Introduction and Commentary
- Author Wiebke-Marie Stock
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 311
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Parmenides Publishing
- ISBN 9781733535700 / 1733535705
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Neoplatonism, Plotinus
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2019000721
- Dewey Decimal Code 186.4
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