| 单词 | Plotinus |
| 例句 | I had not answered the Plotinus question soon enough for Henry’s taste. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Most of what? The dialogues, you mean? What about later things? Plotinus?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Actually, I don’t much care for Plotinus,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I have never, to this day, read a word by Plotinus. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Unfortunately my mind went blank, and I could not think of a single thing I knew for sure Plotinus had written. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There, he wrote Levin, he was “reading nothing more frivolous than Plotinus and Husserl,” and Harry was welcome to join him “if Wellfleet becomes too worldly.” How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z Plotinus solved this problem by applying ideas similar to Plato’s theory of forms. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Morgan pointed out that in the thought of Plato, Plotinus and early Christian thinkers like Pseudo-Dionysius, beauty in the ancient world often functioned as a source of spiritual elevation. High church meets high fashion: How Catholic style took over the Met 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Whether Shankara and Plotinus and Meister Eckhart ever took psychedelics, who knows, but they may have just generated their own biochemical ingredients unconsciously. Baltimore psychologist pioneers team using psychedelics as ‘sacred’ medicine 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z This doctrine, according to Plotinus, is very ancient, and obscurely asserted even by Parmenides. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z He supplied many imposing premises which Origen, representing the sound half of his audience, used for Christian purposes, whilst Plotinus employed them for revivifying the dead body of paganism. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z For ancient philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus, beauty is a quality of an object. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Plotinus was still an independent philosopher, inheriting the traditions of Greek thought, though not the traditions of Greek life, building his system avowedly by a rational method, and altogether rejecting theurgy or religious magic. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z And in Plotinus and Proclus the deification of mere reason is at any rate the dominant note; whatever protests the larger Greek nature in the former may from time to time offer. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z On reading Porphyry, Jamblichus, and particularly Plotinus, we are surprised to hear them speaking so frequently in the same style as our theologists. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z Porphyry, the biographer and enthusiastic follower of Plotinus, was probably never at Alexandria in person; but his voluminous writings did much to make the Neo-Platonist system known to Athens and to the cities of Italy. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Plotinus believed that he was simply an expositor of Plato’s work, but the philosophy he developed, known as Neoplatonism, expanded on Plato’s idea. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z In Plotinus we find most of the first; in Iamblichus most of the second. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Plotinus very properly said that the proper thing to do was to superimpose the idea upon the actual. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z The so-called "Theology of Aristotle," translated from Syriac into Arabic about 830 a.d., is mainly an abstract of the Enneads of Plotinus. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Plotinus is an extreme example of mysticism of this type. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z Plotinus the Gentile and Philo the Jew are at one in their answer. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z Plotinus, it was said, had several times attained it. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z So too when we read the letter that was written by Plotinus to Flaccus, perhaps the serenest height the human soul has ever attained, we become ourselves the recipients. The Hero in Man 2011-09-02T02:00:18.723Z Plotinus taught that God made women beautiful that by means of them men might be drawn to love a beauty that is divine. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Plotinus: God, or absolute unity, perceived without an intermediary by pure thought.—Ecstasy.—Mixture of superstition and abstraction in mysticism.—Conclusion of the first part of the course. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z But Philo and Plotinus together declared these roads to be no thoroughfares. Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) 2011-09-27T02:00:21.343Z In the present volume he has traced its influence upon the subsequent schools, passing in review Plotinus and his successors. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Swedenborg and Plotinus are perhaps his greatest favorites. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z Being now able to please himself, he attacked the Platonists—not only Plato himself, but Plotinus and his followers—and gradually he was led to doubt the serious value of mere knowledge. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z In Plato they terminate at ideas, at the idea of the good, and produce an intelligent and good God; Plotinus applies them without limit, and they lead him into an abyss of mysticism. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z It was subsequently developed by Plotinus,the Gnostics, Manicheans, Pantheists, and other sects. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z His disciples followed it a very long time: the celebrated philosophers, Plotinus, Jamblicus, and Porphyry, recommended and even practised it—though it is very rare to practise what is preached. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z No virtue leaves it; it does not, according to Aristotle and Plotinus, even know that it works. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z Plotinus, however, urges that, as all thought involves difference or duality of some kind, it cannot be the primary fact in the universe, what we call God. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Plotinus erred by pushing to excess the Platonic dialectics, and by extending them beyond the boundary where they should stop. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z Even Plato may gain a commentator in Plotinus, and St. Anselm is interpreted by St. Thomas. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z In the latter part of his life he lectured on and translated Plotinus. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Plotinus says that to be plunged into matter is to descend and then fall asleep. The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites 2011-01-28T03:00:23.447Z It blended the Christian element of love with the ecstatic vision of Plotinus, sometimes giving the former a decided predominance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Plotinus: God, or absolute unity, perceived without an intermediary by pure thought.—Ecstasy.—Mixture of superstition and abstraction in mysticism.—Conclusion of the first part of the course. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z "I am afraid you do not see, dear Count"—said Plinlimmon; and instantly before the eyes of the Count, the inscrutable atmosphere eddied and eddied roundabout this Plotinus Plinlimmon. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Commentaries on Plato, mentioned by Porphyry in his life of Plotinus, have also been lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And so the Church almost claimed him as her son, while it never dreamt of an affinity with Plutarch or Plotinus. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius But the general tendency that we are noting did not find its full expression in a reasoned system until we come to the Egyptian Plotinus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z This word, which Plotinus first applied to this singular state of the soul, expresses this separation from ourselves which mysticism exacts, and of which it believes man capable. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z By gad, you must know Plotinus thoroughly, as I have long done. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Plotinus agrees with Plato, and disagrees with Aristotle, in holding that beauty may subsist in single and simple objects, and consequently in restoring the absolute conception of beauty. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide It is conceived poetically by Plotinus as resembling light which radiates from a bright centre, and grows dimmer as it passes outwards, till it shades off at last into total darkness. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Accordingly the ethics of Plotinus represent, we may say, the moral idealism of the Stoics cut loose from nature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z True absolute unity must, then, be something absolutely indeterminate, which is not, which, properly speaking, cannot be named, the unnamable, as Plotinus says. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z But one evening over Plotinus he actually nodded. Shadows of Flames A Novel Who was the old chap—Plotinus, wasn't it?—conceived the body to be a penitential mechanism for the soul? Ewing\\'s Lady Plotinus claimed to have been exalted in this divine ecstasy several times during his life. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Porphyry tells us that his master Plotinus attained the highest state four times during the six years which he spent with him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Plato, Plotinus, and Aristotle received the most friendly hospitality from the rabbinic philosophers and mystic writers of Jewry, and so Buddhist sayings and views penetrated into Jewish ethics and popular teachings. Jewish Theology Her grey eyes were fixed on him over the volume of Plotinus, cool and smiling. Shadows of Flames A Novel The system of Dionysius was a proper product of its time,—lofty, apparently complete, comparable to the Enneads of Plotinus which formed part of its materials. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The sole predicates which Plotinus applies to Him are the One and the Good. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The Neoplatonists, however, were occupied with analysis of the Beautiful, on which both Proclus and Plotinus expatiated; still more purely literary were some of the treatises of Porphyry. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Author of “Makers of Man,” “The Wisdom of Plotinus,” etc. Waterloo Plotinus is regarded as the founder of this system in the third century of our era. Greek Women The new quality is not specifically Christian: it is just as marked in the Gnostics and Mithra-worshipers as in the Gospels and the Apocalypse, in Julian and Plotinus as in Gregory and Jerome. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance Plotinus, the real founder of Neo-Platonism, was born in 205 A.D., so that it is, as far as historical time is concerned, a product of the Christian era. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Many attempts have been made since the time of Plotinus to accumulate proofs of this substantial unity. Naturalism And Religion After the death of Plotinus he established a school in Rome, attaining great celebrity in astronomy, music, geography, and other sciences. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Through his attractive personality and the timeliness of his teachings, Plotinus rapidly gained a great following among the learned, especially philosophers, statesmen, physicians, and ladies of high social station. Greek Women It is generally supposed that Plotinus was the first to describe the soul as an immaterial substance. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance But, on the other hand, it seems wrong to include the thought of Plotinus and his successors in medieval philosophy. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy At fifteen he is discoursing on Plotinus, and has translated the hymns of Synesius. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century The opinions of Plotinus were strengthened and diffused by his celebrated pupil Porphyry, who was born at Tyre A.D. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Plato and Plotinus, More and Campanella, constructed their fanciful societies with those materials which were omitted from the fabric of the actual communities, by the defects of which they were inspired. The History of Freedom But a yet more successful rival to the speculations of Archer Butler and Plotinus was, in my own case, another and a new poet, who had at that time just made himself famous. Memoirs of Life and Literature But Plotinus was a mystic, and logical absurdities do not trouble mystics. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Had Plotinus struck the grand key-note when he said he "was striving to bring the God within us in harmony with the God of the universe"? Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart In him is to be seen all the mysticism, and, it may be added, all the piety of Plotinus. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The manner of the production of souls, or rather their non-production is admirably well set down in Plotinus, See, Ennead. Democritus Platonissans At any rate he appeared to Plotinus "a goal close at hand." Five Stages of Greek Religion Matter Plotinus considers to be the ground of plurality and the cause of all evil. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy God, for Plotinus, is true being and the only being. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology The doctrinal philosophy of Plotinus presents a trinity in accordance with the Platonic idea. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Some theosophists have arrived at a certain hostility and indignation towards matter, as the Manichean and Plotinus. Nature The new quality is not specifically Christian: it is just as marked in the Gnostics and Mithras-worshippers as in the Gospels and the Apocalypse, in Julian and Plotinus as in Gregory and Jerome. Five Stages of Greek Religion Thus, without solving the difficulty, Plotinus deftly smothers it in flowery phrases, and quietly passes on his way. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The systems that identify God and the world range from the crude materialism of Democritus to the lofty spiritualism of Plotinus. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology They are known to us through his disciples Longinus and Plotinus chiefly. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition We are not fortunate enough to possess the work on Plato's life composed by his companion and disciple, Xenocrates, like the life of Plotinus by Porphyry, or that of Proclus by Marinus. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Yet, apart always from Plotinus, who is singularly aloof, most of the movement has been a reaction under Oriental and barbarous influences towards the most primitive pre-Hellenic cults. Five Stages of Greek Religion This idea was advocated by the followers of Plotinus, who contended that this soul of the world animated the smallest particle of matter. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 In the hands of Plotinus all the main elements of spiritual monism were worked up into a speculative philosophy with a profound bearing on practical life. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology With the best intention for promoting the happiness of man, Plotinus is to be charged with no little obscurity and mysticism. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It is under the influence of Plato and Plotinus and identifies God with love, which is regarded as the essential principle of all life and activity in the world, including even the inorganic natural processes. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy This Arab was clearly under the influence of Plotinus or some other Neo-Platonist. Five Stages of Greek Religion The extremes of Mysticism and Rationalism here meet on the same ground, and Plotinus and Cousin are at one. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles The world and the human spirit, for Plotinus, were simply manifestations of God. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Porphyry asserts his own unworthiness when compared with his master, saying that he had been united to God but once in eighty-six years, whereas Plotinus had been so united six times in sixty years. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Plotinus in Aristotelian disguise contributed not a little to their conception of God and his relation to the universe. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy I omit Plotinus, as in earlier chapters I have omitted Plato and Aristotle, and for the same reason. Five Stages of Greek Religion To assert this would be to fall into the error of Plotinus, and the Alexandrian Mystics. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles We referred in the last chapter to Plotinus' favourite illustration. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology In all these views of Plotinus the tincture of Orientalism predominates; the principles and practices are altogether Indian. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Alike in respect to Aristotle as in reference to Plotinus, the Jewish philosophers found their models in Islamic writers. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Quite Indian in phrase as well as thought were the dying words of Plotinus: "Now I seek to lead back the Self within me to the All-self." Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Plotinus, the Neoplatonist, said: “God is not the principal of beings, but the principle of principles.” The New Avatar and The Destiny of the Soul The Findings of Natural Science Reduced to Practical Studies in Psychology When we compare monophysitism with the system of Plotinus, several points of resemblance appear. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology A magical circle was drawn on the ground, surrounded with the customary astrological signs, the invocation commenced, the spirit appeared, and Plotinus stood face to face with his own soul. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition And yet the most distinctive doctrine of Plotinus and the later Neo-Platonists among the Arabs, the series of emanating hypostases, Intellect, Universal Soul, Nature, Matter, and so on, is wanting in the "Hegyon ha-Nefesh." A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Plotinus states that he had reached this state "but three times as yet." Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries For example, the progression is apparent between Plotinus and the frenzied creations of the Gnostics and the Cabalists. Essay on the Creative Imagination The impersonal Trinity, such as Plotinus taught, was thoroughly in keeping with their Christology. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology For while the λογος of this philosopher is a generating and informing power, an aspect or a fragment of the ψυχη, on the other hand Plotinus sometimes speaks of it as of a discourse. Creative Evolution On the other hand, in the Neo-Platonic system of Plotinus all existence and particularly that of the intelligible or spiritual world issues or emanates from the One or the Good. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy It seems probable that the title of Theodidaktos, given to Ammonius Saccas, the master of Plotinus, referred less to the sublimity of his teachings than to this divine instruction received by him in the Mysteries. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries Coleridge had, it seems, been attracted by Plotinus in his schooldays. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill In the spirit of Plotinus the monophysites conceived the incarnation as the supreme example of the unio mystica. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology Yet ancient philosophy did not see what consequences would result from this for mathematics, for Plotinus, like Plato, erected mathematical essences into absolute realities. Creative Evolution In this sense Plotinus himself, the founder of Neo-Platonism, is an Aristotelian. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Men like Galen, Lucan, and Plotinus, who would have gone to the stake in the Middle Age, lived tranquilly under the protection of the law. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. Plotinus accompanies the Roman army, in the hope of reaching India. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 For the metaphysical aspects see Plotinus, translated by T. Taylor. A Source Book for Ancient Church History The difficulty was even much greater for these philosophers than an Aristotle or a Plotinus. Creative Evolution In Plotinus it is the first stage in the unfoldment of the Godhead, and is a distinct hypostasis, though not a person. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy He also translated Plotinus and the writings falsely attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite, and put them anew into spiritual circulation. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Plotinus taught the devout how to pass into a condition of ecstasy. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 It was thoroughly eclectic in its treatment of earlier systems, but under Plotinus attained no small degree of consistency. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Plotinus delineates the kind of life which the soul should strive to develop. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Aristotle's system may be called theistic and dualistic; Plotinus's is pantheistic and monistic. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy He was deeply versed in the great mystics, and always reveals in his sermons the influence of Plotinus and Dionysius the Areopagite, and no less the influence of Eckhart, Tauler, and the Theologia Germanica. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Porphyry complains of having been only once united to God in eighty-six years, while his master Plotinus had been so united six times in sixty years. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Having succeeded to the Platonic school, which had come down from Plotinus, she explained all the principles of philosophy to her auditors. A Source Book for Ancient Church History It was Plotinus who said, The mind that wishes to behold God must itself become God. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Plotinus derives everything from God, who through his powers or activities pervades all. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy But with all their propension to learning and their love of philosophy, they were primarily and fundamentally religious—they were disciples of Christ rather than disciples of Plato and Plotinus. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries He may ascend to the indescribable, unthinkable realms with Plotinus or he may with twentieth century enlightenment claim allegiance to the God designated Father of all. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 But the attempts to equate the Trinity with the three divine hypostases of Plotinus was no more successful than the later attempt of Hegel to set the Trinity in the framework of his philosophy. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Plotinus, says Emerson, 'believes only in philosophers; Fénélon, in saints; Pindar and Byron, in poets. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 The different gradations of being are static in Aristotle, dynamic in Plotinus. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Now, that which Plotinus considered an extraordinary occurrence, an experience perhaps only possible to elect spirits, men at length began to look upon as the truth of the normal relations between their Maker and themselves. Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles In the words of Plotinus, religion is "the flight of the alone to the Alone." Christianity and Progress Plotinus is a mystic, then, though not at all in the sense in which the term is often misused. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Plotinus writes in the same spirit: 'Let him who has closed his eyes upon mere sensuous beauty, advance boldly into the depths of the sanctuary. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Plotinus assumes an absolute cause, which he calls the One and the Good. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Here we have the doctrine of metempsychosis which Plotinus found all around, among the Egyptians, the Jews, the Neoplatonists, his predecessors, and finally in Plato himself. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution It was founded by Plotinus, and was for three centuries a formidable rival to Christianity. Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine That was dead for the present, and it did not come to life again till the third century of our era, when Platonism was revived at Rome by Plotinus. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield This scholastic philosophy, hemmed in between metaphysics and theology, sought to reconcile Plato, Plotinus, and Aristotle with the needs of orthodoxy, and split hairs over subtle essences and entities. The Necessity of Atheism The Intelligence and the three Souls proceeding from it in order are clearly not individual but cosmic, just as in Plotinus. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy However important Plato may have considered metempsychosis, it can scarcely be imagined that Plotinus took it seriously.... Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution The Gnostic and the Neoplatonic sects maintained, and the writings of Plotinus and Proclus still exhibit, many principles the same in substance with those which have been recently revived in Continental Europe. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws It was not till the thirteenth century that Aristotle was known at all, and even then he was studied in the light of Platonism, just as he had been by Plotinus and his followers. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The body, then, is in the soul, the soul in the mind, the mind either is God or is in God, as Plotinus said. The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem Nay, the doctrine of a divine will scarcely has any place in the form of emanation taught by Plotinus. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Hence Gnosis, when once obtained, is indefectible, not like the rapture which Plotinus enjoyed but four times during his acquaintance with Porphyry, which in the experience of Theresa never lasted more than half an hour. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) On this point we have as yet no details, and these can only be ascertained by a thorough examination of the polemic of Plotinus against the Gnostics. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Proclus was indeed the systematizer of the doctrine of Plotinus, though he differs from him on certain points, and his influence on later philosophy cannot be overestimated. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Cardan quotes Plato or Aristotle or Plotinus twenty times for any saint in the Calendar. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study Matter here occupies the position which it has in Plotinus and in the encyclop�dia of the Brethren of Purity. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Plotinus' idea of hypostasis is also important, and this notion requires exact examination. History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) It likewise deserves to be noted that Iamblichus disputed Plotinus' doctrine of the divinity of the human soul. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Every one knows, of course, that Plotinus was a ‘mystic’, but the term is apt to suggest quite wrong ideas about him. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield And Plotinus declares, "Temperance and justice are the saviors of the body so far as they are received by it." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life But it is considerably toned down and not continued down the series as in Plotinus or the Brethren of Purity. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy After all, as Plotinus said, philosophy "serves to point the way and guide the traveller; the vision is for him who will see it." The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry In the case of Plotinus himself and his immediate disciples, this does not yet appear plainly. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Plotinus was the first person to use the phrase "Neo-Platonism," and so the philosophy of Hypatia might be called "The New Neo-Platonism." Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Plotinus said, "Body is the true river of Lethe; for souls plunged in it forget all." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life He quotes this from Plotinus: "Of the Unity of God, nothing can be predicated, neither being, nor essence, nor life, for it is above all these." The Last Harvest How different from the Christian orthodoxy of Plotinus!* Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Enneads of Plotinus are the fundamental documents of Neoplatonism. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Plotinus comes in and says that both were right, and each was like every good man who exaggerates the importance of his own calling. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers It is, moreover, of long standing, having been gripped in its essentials by many thinkers of the old world, more especially by Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus. Nature Mysticism But his conversation, which was often about such people as St. Francis, or Plotinus, did not seem very lively to Mrs. Grumble. Autumn Is the author the historical Longinus—the friend of Plotinus, the tutor of Porphyry, the victim of Aurelian,—or have we here a work by an unknown hand more than two centuries earlier? On the Sublime In the ethics of Plotinus all earlier philosophic systems of virtue are united and arranged in graduated order. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Plotinus made a study of all philosophies—all religions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers The doctrine of Plotinus, the prince of mystics, is very helpful when the problem of the ugly is in debate, and fits in admirably with the considerations just advanced. Nature Mysticism M. Bergson has studied Plotinus and Spinoza; I suspect he has not studied them in vain. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion He travelled much, studied in many cities, and was the friend of the mystic Neoplatonists, Plotinus and Ammonius. On the Sublime The teaching of Porphyry is distinguished from that of Plotinus by the fact that it is still more practical and religious. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) In degree she had followed the example of her great prototype, Plotinus, and had made herself master of all religions. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Porphyry, a disciple of Plotinus, tells us that his master attained to the ecstatic condition four times only in the six years which he spent in his company. Nature Mysticism At the court of the Medici at Florence, Ficinio had founded a Platonic Academy, where Plato's works and the writings of Plotinus—his greatest pupil—were after two thousand years translated and elucidated. The Evolution of Love If the philosopher will seek after truth, there must be, says Plotinus, a “turning away” of the spirit, a detachment. Ancient Art and Ritual Plotinus is not a dualist like the majority of Christian Gnostics. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Plotinus believed in all religions, but had absolute faith in none. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Following up the lead of Plotinus, we seem to be driven to the conception of "degrees of beauty"�of "higher" and "lower" forms of beauty. Nature Mysticism But Plotinus seems to me nearer to India than were the Gnostics and Manichæans, because his teaching is not dualistic to the same extent. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Here we are reminded of Eucken's affinity with Plato's Doctrine of Ideas, as well as of his attachment to the revival of Platonism by Plotinus. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy Plotinus, as Porphyry relates, attained to this ecstatic union with God four times during the six years he was with him. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Hypatia's immediate prototype was Plotinus, who was born two hundred four years after Christ, and lived to be seventy. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers To this extent they rank as genuine "mystical" modes of experience, and from this point of view have bulked largely in the systems of mystics like Plato and Plotinus. Nature Mysticism These are crumbs from the table of Plotinus and the Upanishads. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 It is, perhaps, for the great continent beneath the Southern Cross to realize the dreams of savages, of seers, of novelists, of poets, of Yogis, of Plotinus, of M. About, and of Swedenborg. Lost Leaders A strict monotheism appeared to Plotinus a poor thing. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Out of the labyrinth of history and speculation Plotinus returned to Plato as a basis or starting-point for all of the truth which man can comprehend. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers The doctrine of Plotinus passed over to Saint Augustine, and from him it passed to the philosophers of the Middle Ages. An Introduction to Philosophy It is only after the Christian era that we find Apollonius and Plotinus looking towards India as the home of wisdom. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 The writer now leaves classical antiquity behind him—he does not repeat a saying of Plotinus, the mystic of Alexandria, who lived in the p. 28third century of our era. Lost Leaders Origen was quite as independent a thinker as Plotinus; but both drew from the same tradition. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) So, as Plotinus says, the soul of man can only know the divine so far as it knows itself. Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus It seems to be a less inconsistent thing than the "all in the whole body" soul of Plotinus; but it appears to have purchased its comprehensibility at the expense of its immateriality. An Introduction to Philosophy The Zeus of Phidias seemed to the Greeks, Plotinus says, Zeus himself, as he would be, if he chose to appear to human eyes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 Instead of Plotinus, we are referred to a mass of Jewish and anti-Christian apocryphal traditions, which have the same common point—the assertion of the existence of the phenomenon of levitation. Lost Leaders To Plotinus this religious philosophy was sufficient; he did not require the popular religion and worship. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) The stronger and younger minds of the Renaissance wearied of discussing in the lovely gardens of the Rucellai the ideas of Plato or the allegories of Plotinus. Machiavelli, Volume I Plotinus was a careful student of the philosophers that preceded him. An Introduction to Philosophy She says to us what Plotinus, in a remarkable passage, makes her say: 'You should not ask questions; you should try to understand. Outspoken Essays Thus Plotinus, than whom few persons have lived more capable of analysis, can only say: "The soul knows when in that state that it is in the presence of the dispenser of true life." The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Porphyry has the merit of having systematized and spread the teaching of his master, Plotinus. History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) After the death of Virgil, he was joined with Plotinus and Tucca to revise the works of that admirable poet. A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements This is what Plotinus and those who came after him said about the mind. An Introduction to Philosophy As an example I will quote from Plotinus' picture of life in the spiritual world. Outspoken Essays "Our quest," said Plotinus, "is of an End, not of ends: for that only can be chosen by us which is ultimate and noblest, that which calls forth the tenderest longings of our soul." The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day What Dr. Inge, who quotes these words, says of Plotinus declares his own character. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality I've even seen her," she added gayly, "read Plotinus at her dressmaker's. The Wheel of Life But I left the paper lying about in the library in a very interesting first edition of Plotinus, I believe, and either the housemaid burned it, or my host threw it into the waste-paper basket. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28, 1892 He learns, as Plotinus declares in a profound sentence, that 'all things that are Yonder are also Here below.' Outspoken Essays As Plotinus said, they are looking at the Conductor in the midst; and, keeping time with Him, find the fulfilment both of their striving and of their peace. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day Plotinus, he points out, was the schoolmaster who brought Augustine to Christ. Painted Windows Studies in Religious Personality The ecstatic union with the divine element in all nature, which Plotinus attained four times in his life, resulted from an immediate sight of God. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The teaching of Plotinus, the most famous of the later Alexandrian neo-Platonists, shows a further step in the development of religious Platonism. Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria Dickinson, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, lent me an unpublished dissertation on Plotinus. Christian Mysticism This indwelling Love," says Plotinus, "is no other than the Spirit which, as we are told, walks with every being, the affection dominant in each several nature. The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day But Gordian was assassinated; and Plotinus, after a stay at Antioch, made his way to Rome and opened a school there. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The unity, says Plotinus, which produces all things, is an essence behind both substance and form. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Porphyry, the disciple of Plotinus, has the Yoga doctrine of immediate perception of truth leading to union with the deity. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow "The fire still burns on the altars of Plotinus," as Eunapius said. Christian Mysticism "It is not," says Plotinus, "by crushing the Divine into a unity but by displaying its exuberance, as the Supreme Himself has displayed it, that we show knowledge of the might of God." The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day So what Bodhidharma's coming meant, I take it, was that in China that was established actually which in the West first Pythagoras, and then Plotinus had tried to establish, and tried in vain. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 As a philosopher Porphyry was chiefly important as the immediate successor of Plotinus in the neoplatonic school at Rome, but his "Isagoge" had extraordinary weight among the medieval logicians. Historia Calamitatum The pupils of Plotinus conjured up his "genius", and it came—not a daemon, but a god. The Jesus of History Plotinus said that "every man is double," meaning that one side of his soul is in contact with the intelligible, the other with the sensible world. Christian Mysticism Have you a Plotinus, and would you trust him to me in that case? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Who was Plotinus, born of Roman parents at Lycopolis in Egypt. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 But a still higher and more congenial view is immediately afterwards adopted from Plotinus. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics Twice or three times, Plotinus, by a great leap away from all mortal things, saw God. The Jesus of History The later Platonism could not even graft itself upon any of these Gnostic systems, and Plotinus rejects them as decisively as Origen. Christian Mysticism "The devotee flouts Nature."—"Plotinus was ashamed of his body." Ralph Waldo Emerson He, and his wife, were deeply interested in the teachings of Plotinus. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Porphyry, the disciple of Plotinus, was a seeker for truth in divine things. Cock Lane and Common-Sense Nor was one of these, like their puny follower Plotinus, too weak-sighted to revise his own manuscripts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 Here he anticipates Plotinus; but he does not reduce God to a logical point. Christian Mysticism Both Plotinus and Porphyry believed they were privileged to look upon Him whom "no man can see and live." Ralph Waldo Emerson For the fame of this Neo-Platonic Theosophy had traveled by this time right over the empire; and Plotinus in Rome, and in high favor with Gallienus, was a man on whom all eyes were turned. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 "More mystical than Plotinus!" said one of the Four Nations. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Ever since the time of that dyspeptic heathen, Plotinus, the saints have been "ashamed of their bodies." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 But in Plotinus, as in his Christian imitators, they do not part company. Christian Mysticism In antiquity the Eclectic philosophy is that which sought to unite into a coherent whole the doctrines of Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle, such as that of Plotinus and Proclus was. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Two years later Plotinus died, in 270;—and the chance was not to come again for more than sixteen centuries. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 English mystics have, as a rule, dealt little with the theoretical side of mysticism, the aspect for instance with which Plotinus largely deals. Mysticism in English Literature Convinced of her superior merits, the authorities of the School of Philosophy in which Plotinus and his successors had expounded their theories, importuned her to become preceptress therein; and, overcoming her natural diffidence, she consented. Woman: Man's Equal A few words must be said about the doctrine of ecstasy in Plotinus. Christian Mysticism And among its greatest members, such as Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, the religious influence of the East was distinctly apparent. Pantheism, Its Story and Significance Religions Ancient and Modern In 262 he went to Rome to study under Plotinus, and was with him for six years; then his health broke down, and he retired to Sicily to recover. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 The lower side desires a body and so creates it, but it is not wholly incarnate in it, for, as Plotinus says, "the soul always leaves something of itself above." Mysticism in English Literature The philosophers of the Platonic school, Plotinus, Porphyry, and the divine Iamblichus, were admired as the most skilful masters of this allegorical science, which labored to soften and harmonize the deformed features of Paganism. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 It is then impossible to distinguish "the One," who is said to be above all distinctions, from undifferentiated matter, the formless No-thing, which Plotinus puts at the lowest end of the scale. Christian Mysticism The ancient sages had derided the popular superstition; after disguising its extravagance by the thin pretence of allegory, the disciples of Plotinus and Porphyry became its most zealous defenders. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 You will not ask me to give you a survey of Greek art criticism from Plato to Plotinus. Intentions In its highest consummation it is the supreme adventure of the soul: to use the matchless words of Plotinus, it is "the flight of the Alone to the Alone." Mysticism in English Literature Of the later Greek and Roman writers the Neo-Platonist Plotinus deserves to be mentioned. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Plotinus uses similar language, though his view of God as the fulness of all life prevented him from following the negative path with thoroughness. Christian Mysticism Wishes me to bring my Shakspeare along;—it's a wonder he had not said Plotinus, or Jacob Böhme's 'Aurora'; they're more in his style. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 After Aristotle, there comes a lull in the discussion, until Plotinus. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic So much is this the case that passages of Plotinus and Tennyson, of Boehme and Law, of Eckhart and Browning, may be placed side by side and be scarcely distinguishable in thought. Mysticism in English Literature PLOTINUS.—Plotinus taught this: God and matter exist. Initiation into Philosophy We hear the words already in Plotinus—nay, even in Plato. Christian Mysticism If we come down a little by natural steps from the master to the disciples, we have, six or seven centuries later, the Platonists,— who also cannot be skipped,—Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Synesius, Jamblichus. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 In this manner speculation began to be diverted from the art fact, which had been so prominent with Plotinus. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic The best critical account of Plotinus is in The Evolution of Theology in the Greek Philosophers, by Edward Caird, 2 vols., Mysticism in English Literature This contemplation has several degrees, so to speak, of intensity, degrees which Plotinus termed hypostases. Initiation into Philosophy We must next consider briefly the charge of Pantheism, which has been flung rather indiscriminately at nearly all speculative mystics, from Plotinus to Emerson. Christian Mysticism Of Plotinus, we have eulogies by Porphyry and Longinus, and the favor of the Emperor Gallienus,—indicating the respect he inspired among his contemporaries. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Tasso mingled the speculations of the Hippias major with those of Plotinus. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic His poetical faculty is, however, entirely subordinated to his philosophy, and the larger portion of his work consists of passages from the Enneads of Plotinus turned into rather obscure verse. Mysticism in English Literature Plotinus, Longinus, Porphyrus, and others, dressed it up still more fantastically, added a great deal of superstitious mummery, blended it with magic, and other unintelligible doctrines. The System of Nature, Volume 2 Plotinus struggles hard against this conclusion, which threatens to make shipwreck of his Platonism. Christian Mysticism Plotinus was a man of wonderful ability, and some of the sublimest passages I ever read are in his works. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Plotinus first identified the two, and with him the beautiful and art are dissolved together in a passion and mystic elevation of the spirit. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic She presided in the public school at Alexandria, where she taught mathematics and the philosophy of Ammonius and Plotinus. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities From Athens it spread to Alexandria, there to start up into fresh life in the School of which Plotinus is the chief; its doctrines are described for the English reader in Kingsley's Hypatia. Authors of Greece We now come to St. Augustine himself, who at one period of his life was a diligent student of Plotinus. Christian Mysticism This I believe to be the case with the scheme of emanation in Plotinus. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. We have here, with Plotinus and with Neoplatonism, the first appearance in the world of mystical Aesthetic, destined to play so important a part in later aesthetic theory. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Others were there besides myself; and amidst some carnal considerations of tea and toast, we were all imbibing a dissertation on Plotinus from the attic lips of S.T.C. Miscellaneous Essays An Italian critic, following a division made by Plotinus, has distributed the poets into three classes, which he calls the musical, the amatorial, and the philosophic. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives The Manicheans and Gnostics only taught him to distinguish true Mysticism from false: he soon saw through the pretensions of these sectaries, while he was not ashamed to learn from Plotinus. Christian Mysticism Under this work his sight gave way; and he once showed Hazlitt two fingers the use of which he had lost in copying out MSS. of Procrus and Plotinus in a fine Greek hand. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia The mystic view of art appeared only in late antiquity, with Plotinus. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic Intellect too characterizes the one, but sense the other; and the former, as Plotinus says, is our king, but the latter our messenger. Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato Porphyry," replied Plotinus, "I should esteem this disgrace to philosophy a disgrace to myself if I did not my utmost to avert it. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Plotinus had perhaps been the first to speak of the Divine nature as the meeting-point of the Good, the True, and the Beautiful; and this conception, which is of great value, appears also in Augustine. Christian Mysticism The soul, if we may believe Plotinus, is a ray from the celestial beauty. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Sometimes I assisted my tutor by consulting the authors who could enlighten him in his researches, and foremost Olympiodorus and Plotinus, with whom since then I have remained familiar. The Queen Pedauque After such a testimony as this from such a consummate critic as Longinus, the writings of Plotinus have nothing to fear from the imbecile censure of modern critics. Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato I know," said Plotinus, "that the expenses of administering an empire must necessarily be prodigious. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales He borrows an illustration, not a very happy one, from Plotinus. Christian Mysticism Though the subject, I admit, fascinates me, I must say no more on it, lest my autobiography should become "a sort of a commentary" on "the ecstasy," featuring Plotinus! The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography All religious history contains traces of the trance of saints,—a beatitude, but without any sign of joy, earnest, solitary, even sad; "the flight," Plotinus called it, "of the alone to the alone." Representative Men And she clapped her hands again for the maid-servant, gave her the letter silently, shut the doors of her chamber, and tried to resume her Commentary on Plotinus. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face On awakening from his long trance, Plotinus's first sensation was one of bodily hunger, the second of an even keener appetite for news of his philosophical Republic. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Eckhart's doctrine here differs from that of Plotinus in a very important particular. Christian Mysticism The words of Plotinus, in the assumed person of Nature, hold true of the philosophic energy. Biographia Literaria Plotinus believes only in philosophers; Fenelon, in saints; Pindar and Byron, in poets. Representative Men Six times in a life of sixty years had Plotinus risen to that height of mystic union, and known himself to be a part of God. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face "What meanest thou?" exclaimed Plotinus, "I insist upon knowing." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales But Eckhart's affinities with Plotinus and Hegel seem to me to be closer than those which he shows with Aristotle and Kant. Christian Mysticism The mediaeval mystics held that this "flight of the alone to the alone," as Plotinus calls it, is possible to men, and that in it consists our highest blessedness. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages You know the doctrine of Plotinus—'he who has access to God leaves the virtues behind him as the images of the gods are left in the outer temple.' The Valley of Decision Plotinus begins—' Simplicius was one of the last philosophers who taught in Athens, one of the seven who were driven forth when Justinian, in his zeal for Christianity, closed the schools. Veranilda O Plotinus," replied Theocles, "let me make the grounds of my conduct clear to thee. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The idea of a central point of the soul appears in Plotinus and Augustine, and the word scintilla had been used of this faculty before Eckhart. Christian Mysticism Plotinus taught that the One, being superessential, can only be apprehended in ecstasy, when thought, which still distinguishes itself from its object, is transcended, and knower and known become one. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages At fifteen he is discoursing on Plotinus, as in later years he reflects from Schelling that flitting intellectual tradition. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style From Plotinus to Buddha, from Meister Eckhart to Emerson, the same doctrine has brought the same fruits of religious rapture. The Psychology of Beauty "What does the man mean?" demanded Plotinus, turning to Porphyry. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales But besides these, the works of Plato and Plotinus were accessible in Latin translations, and were highly valued by some of the Spanish mystics. Christian Mysticism In Eckhart's system, as in that of Plotinus, speculation is never divorced from ethics. Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages He can remember with Plotinus, "that in every human soul there is the ray of the celestial beauty," and therefore every human outburst may contain a partial ray. Essays Before a Sonata Tennyson's ideas are relatively novel, though as old as Plotinus, for they are applied to a novel, or at least an unfamiliar, mental situation. Alfred Tennyson "I must see to this as soon as I can get about," said Plotinus, turning to the accounts. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales And let it be noticed that they were students of Plato and Plotinus more than of Dionysius and his successors. Christian Mysticism He was a Pantheist, and, as Hallam says, borrowed all his theories from the eclectic philosophers, from Plotinus and the Neo-Platonists, and ultimately they were no doubt of Oriental origin. Canterbury Pieces Heroism, like Plotinus, is almost ashamed of its body. Essays — First Series He is full of Porphyry, Iamblichus and Plotinus, of misapplied logic, of misunderstood grammar, and of the Orphic theology. Timaeus "I hope, that is, I conceive so," said Plotinus. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales This tender reverence for Nature, which is a mark of all true Platonism, is found, as we have seen, in Plotinus. Christian Mysticism Why such a man as Plotinus, with such ideas, remained a pagan, while Christianity offered him a sympathetic refuge, who can tell? Letters on Literature They put the dreams of the Neoplatonists, Iamblicus, Porphyry, or Plotinus, or Proclus, on the same level as the sound dialectic philosophy of Plato himself. Historical Lectures and Essays Plotinus longed at one time to make a practical attempt. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh The exclamation was prompted by the sudden appearance of an enormous serpent, which, emerging from a chink in the wall, glided swiftly towards the couch of Plotinus. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales This is also the doctrine of Plotinus, and of Augustine. Christian Mysticism There was much to laugh at in Plotinus, and much to like. Letters on Literature I know all those that scholars have discussed, for I have just reread Plotinus. Ursula You believe, Plotinus, in an absolutely Good Being. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Plotinus's spirits drooped, and Porphyry was almost glad when he again relapsed into an ecstasy. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Plotinus not only accepted that theory as applicable to the soul of man, but as affording an illustration of the nature of the Trinity. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science We do not know exactly when Plotinus was born. Letters on Literature Plotinus, the Greek philosopher, had a certain proper mode of ecstasy, whereby, as Porphyry saith, his soul, becoming free from the deathly flesh, was made one with the Spirit that is in the world. Grass of Parnassus Whether or not Plotinus actually so spoke, that was what his disciples not only said that he spoke, but what they would have wished him to speak. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh After a moment's hesitation Plotinus resolved to lie quiet in the hopes of hearing something that might indicate what influences were in the ascendant in the philosophical republic. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Porphyry bewails his own unworthiness, saying that he had been united to God in ecstasy but once in eighty-six years, whereas his master Plotinus had been so united six times in sixty years. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science All these anecdotes, I should have said, we learn from Porphyry, the Tyrian, who was a kind of Boswell to Plotinus. Letters on Literature Porphyry's account, which Plotinus could only extract by consenting to eat while his disciple talked, corresponded in all essential particulars with that of the two young men. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Then this Absolute Good, you say, Plotinus, has no relation with them, no care to raise them. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Feeling uncertain what part of his person was to be the subject of experiment, Plotinus judged it advisable to manifest his recovery in an unmistakable fashion. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales From these views Plotinus derived a practical religious system, teaching the devout how to pass into a condition of ecstasy, a foretaste of absorption into the universal mundane soul. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science Just as the good doctor was a sound Churchman in the beginning of the age of new ideas, so Plotinus was a sound pagan in the beginning of the triumph of Christianity. Letters on Literature Plotinus," said Hermon, the chief of the Epicureans, who had meanwhile entered the apartment, "let this hypocrite have what he wants, and send him away. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales If Plotinus considered himself an intellectual disciple of Plato, so did Origen and Clemens. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh And no great matter," said Plotinus; "its master Aristotle was at best a rationalist, without perception of the supersensual. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Plotinus," said Gallienus, "in this age the devil is taking the hindmost, and we are the hindmost. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The Upanishads would have puzzled Plotinus, had he reached India; but he never did. Letters on Literature "I would not assert that theurgy may not be lawfully undertaken," replied Plotinus, "provided that the adept shall have purified himself by a fast of forty months." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales With this question Plotinus grapples, earnestly, shrewdly, fairly. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh "I fear this must expose Platonic truth to the derision of Epicurean scoffers," remarked Plotinus. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Porphyry was saved from replying by the hasty entrance of a bustling portly personage of loud voice and imperious manner, in whom Plotinus recognised Theocles, the chief of the Stoics. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales But Alexandrinus, suddenly doubling up during lecture with unaffected agony, cried, “Great virtue hath the soul of Plotinus, for my spells have returned against myself.” Letters on Literature Plotinus hastily conceded the point raised with reference to the interesting Pannychis, and the philosophers went off to effect their exchange of quarters. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales The philosopher, as he rose and became, according to Plotinus, a god, or at least approached toward the gods, must partake of some mysterious and transcendental power. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh But the Emperor bestowed his favour in ample measure on the chief contemporary philosopher, Plotinus, who strove to unite the characters of Plato and Pythagoras, of sage and seer. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales "What means all this, Porphyry?" demanded Plotinus sternly. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales As for Plotinus, he remarked among his disciples, “Now the body of Alexandrinus is collapsing like an empty purse.” Letters on Literature Plotinus, helpless with his bonds and gag, looked on in impotent horror. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales We shall find it, I believe, fairly expressed in the dying words of Plotinus, the great father of Neoplatonism. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh By this time Gallienus was seated on his tribunal, and Plotinus, released from his bonds, was standing by his side. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales "And what can they want with an amphitheatre?" groaned Plotinus. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Probably this prohibition caused Plotinus no regret, for he was a consistent vegetarian. Letters on Literature We cannot fathom it; we know not the paths of the souls of Pascal and Gordon, of Plotinus and St. Paul. Letters on Literature From him we learn that one Ammonius, trying to crush Plotinus by magic arts, had his weapons so completely turned against himself, that all his limbs were contracted. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh No, Plotinus," replied Gallienus, pointing to the Goth and the Christian, "there are the men who will destroy the City of Philosophers. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales They always describe their favourite hero as “deep in Plotinus or Iamblichus,” and I venture to think that nearly represents the depth of their own explorations. Letters on Literature However, we are advancing too rapidly, and we must discuss Plotinus more in order. Letters on Literature Porphyry did not see the great snake that glided into the wall when Plotinus expired; he only heard of the circumstance. Letters on Literature From him we learn that Plotinus, having summoned in the temple of Isis his familiar spirit, a god, and not a mere daemon, appeared. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Plotinus," she exclaimed, "behold the most impassioned of thy disciples. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Plotinus’s last words were: “I am striving to release that which is divine within us, and to merge it in the universally divine.” Letters on Literature Gordian’s army was defeated in Mesopotamia, no “blessed word” to Gordian, and Plotinus hardly escaped with his life. Letters on Literature Plotinus wrote against the paganizing Christians, or Gnostics. Letters on Literature With Plotinus and his school man is seeking for God: with Clement and his, God is seeking for man. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh "The question of the admission of women to share the studies and society of men," rejoined Plotinus, "is one by no means exempt from difficulty." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales In his practical philosophy Plotinus was an optimist, or at least he was at war with pessimism. Letters on Literature There was in Rome an Egyptian priest, who offered to raise up the Demon, or Guardian Angel, of Plotinus in visible form. Letters on Literature The Zulus still believe that the souls of the dead reappear, like the soul of Plotinus, in the form of serpents. Letters on Literature And I cannot but believe it to have been a mighty gain to such men as Sidney, Raleigh, and Spenser, that they had drunk, however slightly, of the wells of Proclus and Plotinus. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh "Because," said Plotinus, "you are not Diotima, and I am not Plato." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales On his death the Delphic Oracle, in very second-rate hexameters, declared that Plotinus had become a demon. Letters on Literature The discovery that he had a god for his guardian angel gave Plotinus plenty of confidence in dealing with rival philosophers. Letters on Literature And in a degree too, it is in the "lover," who, according to Plotinus, has a certain innate recollection of beauty, and hovers round it, and desires it, wherever he sees it. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh "But not, it seems, Plotinus, on the herd, the brutal, ignorant mass, wallowing in those foul crimes above which you have risen?" Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh "Then, Madam," said Plotinus, civilly but firmly, "I choose it." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales But for the herd, Plotinus cannot say that there is anything divine in them. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Such was the life of Plotinus, a man of sense and virtue, and so modest that he would not allow his portrait to be painted. Letters on Literature |
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