This is the first volume of a groundbreaking commentary on one of the most important works of ancient philosophy, the Enneads of Plotinus—a text that formed the basis of Neoplatonism and had a deep ...

The Six Enneads Plotinus - The Six Enneads is the collection of writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry. After correcting and naming each treatise, Porphyry wrote a biography ...

In the paper I start by presenting the status quæstionis. Since the existing analyses do not do justice to Plotinus' view of emotions, I present a number of passages from the Enneads in order to give ...

But how can a man of reason be affected by magic and drugs? His soul will resist the enchantment, and his reason will not be affected, nor will it alter his opinions; but it will affect whatever ...

This article considers Plotinus' use of imagery drawn from choral dancing. Four passages of the Enneads which use such imagery are examined: III.6 (26).2.12-20, VI.9 (9).8.34-45, VI.9 (9).11.12-17 and ...

The latest episode of the TV show, Moon Knight, arrived on Disney+ on April 6. The show revealed that many years ago, other Egyptian gods banned the Egyptian god Khonshu from the Enneads. It is an ...

Salman Rushdie often writes about s**t. In Midnight’s Children’s final pages, he almost invites an open-air defecator into the novel. Rushdie’s book is an end-times parable about India (“sucked into ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alan Saunders: Gore Vidal's beautiful novel Julian about the life of the Emperor who tried to convert ...