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Author:   Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (Professor, Professor, Florida State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.70cm
Weight:   0.414kg
ISBN:  

9780195377194

ISBN 10:   0195377192
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   26 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: One by Number 1.: Platonic Cosmology on Plotinian Terms Ennead VI.6 and the Timaeus Origin of Multiplicity in Plotinus Plotinus' apostasies and Numenius' stasis The Universe as Degrees of Separation from the One 2.: Multiplicity as Number Surfacing from the Neopythagorean Underground Outward and Inward Direction of Multiplicity in VI.6 Multiplicity as Effluence and Unity 3.: The Number of Infinity Plato's Position Aristotle's Criticism of Plato and the Platonists Plotinus' Answer 4.: Number and Substance Plotinus' Three Hypotheses about Number in the Intelligible Realm Is Substantial Number Discrete and Incidental? The Whole Number of Beings The Substantial and Monadic Number 5.: Number and the Universe Substantial Number and the One Substantial Number and the Absolute Being Substantial Number and Intellect Substantial Number and Beings Substantial Number and the Complete Living Being Soul and Number The Unfigured Figure of Soul's Dance 6.: Unity of Thought and Writing Porphyry and the Enneads Enneads VI.6 Six Along with the Nines Conclusion: In Defense of Plato Bibliography Index of Names and Subjects Index Locorum

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Well argued and will stimulate further discussion of the matter. --Classical World Slaveva-Griffin deals with her sometimes intractable subject with remarkable ease and clarity, and she is in full command of the relevant literature, both ancient and modern.... this book is a rewarding study of important aspects of Plotinus philosophy as a whole, and an indispensable tool for anyone interested in Enn. VI.6 and the mathematical strand in ancient Platonism. --Frans A. J. de Haas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

"""Well argued and will stimulate further discussion of the matter."" --Classical World ""Slaveva-Griffin deals with her sometimes intractable subject with remarkable ease and clarity, and she is in full command of the relevant literature, both ancient and modern.... this book is a rewarding study of important aspects of Plotinus philosophy as a whole, and an indispensable tool for anyone interested in Enn. VI.6 and the mathematical strand in ancient Platonism.""--Frans A. J. de Haas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"

<br> Slaveva-Griffin deals with her sometimes intractable subject with remarkable ease and clarity, and she is in full command of the relevant literature, both ancient and modern.... this book is a rewarding study of important aspects of Plotinus philosophy as a whole, and an indispensable tool for anyone interested in Enn. VI.6 and the mathematical strand in ancient Platonism. --Frans A. J. de Haas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews<br>

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Svetla Slaveva-Griffin is Assistant Professor of Classics, Florida State University.

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