Plotinus or The Simplicity of Vision by Pierre Hadot

Plotinus or The Simplicity of Vision by Pierre Hadot

Since its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Presented here is Michael Chase's lucid translation-complete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliography.

Hadot carefully examines Plotinus' views on the self, existence, love, virtue, gentleness, and solitude. He shows that Plotinus, like other philosophers of his day, believed that Plato and Aristotle had already articulated the essential truths; for him, the purpose of philosophy was not to profess new truths but to help achieve a personal experience of the Eternal.

Pierre Hadot is professor emeritus of History of Hellenistic and Roman Thought at the College de France. Arnold I. Davidson is professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. Michael Chase has studied under Pierre Hadot in Paris, lectured in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and conducted research at the University of California, King's College in the University of London, and the National Centre of Scientific Research in Paris.

Details

• Paperback
• Condition: Very good
• ISBN: 9780226311944
• Publishing House: The university of Chicago press