Plotinus on Sense-Perception: A Philosophical Study

Eyjolfur Kjalar Emilsson

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511720017

This book is a philosophical analysis of Plotinus' views on sense-perception. It aims to show how his thoughts were both original and a development of the ideas of his predecessors, in particular those of Plato, Aristotle and the Peripatetics. Special attention is paid to Plotinus' dualism with respect to soul and body and its implications for his views on the senses. The author combines a historical approach to his subject, setting Plotinus' thought in the context of thinkers who preceded and succeeded him, with a proper analysis of his ideas and, where appropriate, of those from which they derived.

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A Philosophical Study

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-x

Introduction
pp 1-9

I - Plotinus' metaphysics
pp 10-22

II - Plotinus' views on the soul and man
pp 23-35

III - The relation between the eye and the object of vision
pp 36-62

IV - Sensory affection
pp 63-93

V - The unity of the senses
pp 94-112

VI - The objects of perception
pp 113-125

VII - Perceptions as acts and forms in perception
pp 126-140

VIII - Conclusions
pp 141-148

Abbreviations
pp 149-149

Notes
pp 150-172

Bibliography
pp 173-176

Index
pp 177-179

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