THE SIX ENNEADS by Plotinus translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page THE FIFTH ENNEAD. FIFTH TRACTATE. THAT THE INTELLECTUAL BEINGS ARE NOT OUTSIDE THE...
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Feb 26, 1999 12:11 am
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Hello to all, Having just joined the discussion, I seem to have walked into a reasonably progressed "reading" of Plotinus. There are 2 comments I should like...
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... I am the owner of the Plotinus list. Thanks for your inquiry. At present there are 69 subscribers to this list, but, as you have noticed, there is not a...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 12, 1999 6:43 pm
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Can we start from the beginning? Or do you have a suggestion as to which ennead is "easier" to start with? ... Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm ...
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Mar 12, 1999 6:48 pm
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... With the Enneads it's not quite clear where the beginning is. The arrangement of the standard edition was not made by Plotinus, and the basis of the...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 12, 1999 7:14 pm
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Anyone know latin or greek? I don't know either one. Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm http://users.lanminds.com/booksetc/ --Paulina in California ...
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Mar 12, 1999 7:32 pm
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OK. Then can we start from the first chapter? Or shall we start from somewhere in the middle? I take it that you have read them before, right? Hello all you...
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Mar 12, 1999 7:34 pm
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... Why not? Let's start from the first Tractate of the first Ennead. I have added a bookmark link to the plotinus "list center" at Onelist.com pointing to...
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Mar 12, 1999 9:28 pm
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Plotinus The First Ennead First Tractate THE ANIMATE AND THE MAN. 1. Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 12, 1999 9:29 pm
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Whose translation is this? MacKenna? Or someone else? Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm http://users.lanminds.com/booksetc/ --Paulina in California ...
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Mar 12, 1999 9:52 pm
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... I have read the McKenna(sp?) version but isn't there another one? I would like to hear about both versions and what significant differences there between...
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Mar 12, 1999 10:15 pm
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... MacKenna and Page. I think it's the only translation that is in the public domain. Lance Fletcher, President The Free Lance Academy Foundation ...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 12, 1999 10:36 pm
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... MacKenna version but isn't there another one? I ... The Loeb Library has a translation by D. Armstrong. I have not read either translation all the way...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 12, 1999 11:07 pm
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I knew there was another translation, but I didn't know anything about it. I have the MacKenna. Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm ...
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Mar 12, 1999 11:39 pm
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THE SIX ENNEADS by Plotinus translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page THE FIFTH ENNEAD. SIXTH TRACTATE. THAT THE PRINCIPLE TRANSCENDING BEING HAS NO...
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Mar 13, 1999 12:44 am
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Mar 13, 1999 3:20 am
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This material is very difficult....at least to me. So I hate to admit that I am "stuck" on the second sentence. But, what the hell? Let's do this "slow ...
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Mar 13, 1999 4:35 pm
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Just thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Paulina Unsworth. I am finishing a masters in history at Cal State Hayward. I am married and have an...
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Mar 14, 1999 1:50 pm
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The first tractate "the Animate and the Man" Deals with: the emotions (affections), Reason, Perception, the Objects of perception (objects of sense) and the...
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Mar 15, 1999 5:41 pm
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... No: Psuche (Psyche, if you prefer). Soul is responsible for (or is) life and awareness. See Enneads 5.1 ... No. Daydreaming would be phantasia; reasoning...
Stephen Clark
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Mar 17, 1999 9:48 am
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Do I need a copy of Aristotle's *Metaphysics*? Which dialogs of Plato should I read in conjunction with this? Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm ...
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Mar 19, 1999 6:11 pm
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... Probably yes. I would at least read book 12 on the causes of motion. But even more important than that is De Anima. Which ... Book 10 of the Laws and the...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 19, 1999 8:15 pm
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Is *De Anima* = "On the Soul*? I am downloading Aristotle's Metaphysics. Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm http://users.lanminds.com/booksetc/...
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Mar 19, 1999 11:47 pm
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... Yes. Lance Fletcher, President The Free Lance Academy Foundation http://www.freelance-academy.org lance@......
Lancelot Fletcher
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Mar 20, 1999 6:01 am
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... and *Phaedrus* ... Pretentious, moi? chat Tuesday night 9:15pm http://users.lanminds.com/booksetc/ --Paulina in California Convictions cause convicts. ...
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Mar 20, 1999 3:01 pm
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... Certainly, God transcends all categories and modes of being. ... Indeed, the Holy Spirit is far beyond us. ... The metaphysical is the basis for all that...
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Mar 20, 1999 4:40 pm
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Actually, we are starting from the beginning, at my request. Someone on this list has posted selections from Plotinus at regular intervals. I only joined about...
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Mar 20, 1999 6:28 pm
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In a message dated 99-03-20 13:28:39 EST, you write: << Actually, we are starting from the beginning, at my request. Someone on this list has posted selections...