Cinzia Arruzza

PLOTINUS Ennead II.5 On What Is Potentially and What Actually

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The term dunamis (potentiality) entered into the philosophical vocabulary with Plato, but it was with Aristotle that it acquired, together with energeia (actuality), the strong technical meaning that the two terms have maintained, with variations, throughout subsequent philosophical tradition. The significance of the notions of actuality and potentiality in Plotinus' thought can hardly be overstated. Throughout the Enneads, they are crucial to understanding the specific causality of intelligible realities and the relation of participation between intelligible and sensible realms. In Ennead II.5, Plotinus for the first time provides a systemat… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-930972-90-2
EAN: 9781930972902
Produktnummer: 35543987
Verlag: Parmenides Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 212 S.
Plattform: EPUB

Über den Autor

Cinzia Arruzza is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, in New York City. She received her PhD from the University of Rome Tor Vergata and subsequently studied at the Universities of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Bonn (Germany). She has a special interest in ancient metaphysics and political philosophy, with a particular focus on Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, and Patristic thought. She is the author of Les Mésaventures de la théodicée. Plotin, Origène et Grégoire de Nysse (Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2011).