I thought it would be of interest to members of list to know that the Druze of Lebanon see themselves as Neoplatonists, whether or not you would all agree to...
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Jun 2, 1999 5:39 am
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... I certainly believe that. (1) Plotinus was Egyptian. I think that important in understanding neo-Platonism. I once was debating with a Sufi about how...
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Jun 2, 1999 1:01 pm
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BugDaddy: Thanks very much for the points you made regarding Plotinus, Egyptian religion and Eastern Orthodox theology. I will ponder on them awhile. I have...
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Jun 3, 1999 1:43 pm
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... No, I can't say that I have. ... The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn....
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Jun 4, 1999 3:36 am
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To Bugdaddy: I agree with you regarding your statements made earlier regarding the Egyptian resurrection beliefs especially as I recall them in the Papyrus of ...
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Jun 4, 1999 10:48 am
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THE SIX ENNEADS by Plotinus translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page THE SIXTH ENNEAD. FIRST TRACTATE. ON THE KINDS OF BEING- (1). 1. Philosophy at a very...
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Jun 5, 1999 2:01 am
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... Wow, we have finally started on Ennead VI. My immediate thoughts: I'm really excited about this reading. The subject -- the ten *Categories* is of great...
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Jun 5, 1999 2:20 am
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... The Jewish philosopher, Maimonides held that the Greek philosophers knew of the Hebrew Scriptures. I can not deny his claim. But neither can I offer...
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Jun 5, 1999 3:40 am
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That time is the present moment or Soul and cannot truly be quantified shows the genius of Plotinus. Even the modern nuclear clocks are only accurate to a...
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Jun 6, 1999 8:50 am
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Bugdaddy, "Plotinus seems to have believed in reincarnation on some level. But I don't think he was particularly intent on that belief. He seems more ...
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Jun 7, 1999 12:27 am
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... I wouldn't deny that he believed in it. How could I? I do question the centrality of such a belief in neo-Platonism. To me, the focus seems to be...
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Jun 7, 1999 12:12 pm
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Reincarnation was a widely held belief in the ancient world, at least before the advent of Christian "orthodoxy." The belief that the soul pre existed and...
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Jun 9, 1999 4:11 pm
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THE SIX ENNEADS by Plotinus translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page THE FIRST ENNEAD. FOURTH TRACTATE. ON TRUE HAPPINESS. 9. But when he is out of...
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Jun 22, 1999 3:13 am
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The use of the allegory of the mirror is used by Plotinus to show the reflection in the calm, still self of the ideas of spiritual, Ideal world. When there is...
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Jun 24, 1999 1:34 pm
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I found an interesting quotation from Proclus that may assist in our understanding of what Plotinus may have meant by "imagination" noted earlier. I would also...
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Jun 24, 1999 1:58 pm
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THE SIX ENNEADS by Plotinus translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page THE SIXTH ENNEAD. FIRST TRACTATE. ON THE KINDS OF BEING- (1). 9. It follows that in...
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Jul 23, 1999 4:14 am
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Hello, Plotinus enthusiasts: Since I joined this list (initially at eGroups, where it continues to have a vague half-life), I have read through the archives...
F. F. Wood
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Jul 24, 1999 5:54 pm
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ffwood@... writes: <<... academic specialty was Plotinus, and one night he stood up at the blackboard and drew out the whole Plotinian system for...
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Jul 24, 1999 7:29 pm
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Floris Wood, Thanks very much for your message. I am very glad you overcame your shyness and posted it. ... Although it's not the most important thing,...
Lancelot Fletcher
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Jul 24, 1999 10:29 pm
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... I suggest we adopted a format and overall topical breakdown of the Enneads perhaps fround in the index or other material... One issue for me has been that...
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Jul 25, 1999 3:28 pm
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I am interested in the trajectory from Philo through Plotinus anti-climaxing in Spinoza, as understood by Wolfson. This includes much, including mysticism,...
Claude Caspar
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Jul 25, 1999 4:13 pm
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... The material is both voluminous and difficult, and indeed it is scary to imagine plunging in. I am not a professional scholar either, and my background in...
Floris Wood
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Jul 25, 1999 8:14 pm
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... <I wonder if any list members would be interested in undertaking a more structured study of the Enneads> Greetings fellow Plotinus enthusiasts - I've just...
Mark Lamarre
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Jul 26, 1999 6:05 pm
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I realize that the Plotinus list is usually scholarly but I wonder what Plotinus would advocate or suggest in a situation in which his scrolls were burned or...
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Jul 29, 1999 8:35 am
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boycotting Chinese products for sure. urging the U.N. to help stop this, and all, persecutions of spiritual or otherwise non-conformist, peace=loving groups, ...
STMARSH@xxx.xxx
Jul 30, 1999 10:35 pm
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Howdy folks, Volume VI. No.2 of 'The Journal of Neoplatonic Studies' has just come out and they have no less than 3 articles on Plotinus! The journal is...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 2, 1999 6:04 pm
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... From: Mark Lamarre <marklamarre@...> ... Hello Mark, I did go but was not able to find out the articles you talk about. Anything wrong? Massimo...
Massimo Onetti Muda
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Aug 2, 1999 7:40 pm
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Dear Massimo, ... I'm sorry about the confusion! Actually, the journal isn't available on Internet. You have to subscribe by mail. Here's an address that...
Mark Lamarre
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Aug 3, 1999 5:55 pm
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THE SIX ENNEADS by Plotinus translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page THE FIRST ENNEAD. FIFTH TRACTATE. HAPPINESS AND EXTENSION OF TIME. 1. Is it possible...
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