Neoplatonism and Nature
Subtitle: Studies in Plotinus' Enneads (Studies in Neoplatonism-Ancient and Modern, 8)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: December 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780791452721
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Neoplatonism; Enneads; Plotinus; Plotinus.
Description: "This book advances an understanding of Plotinus' views on the natural cosmos and their relevance to natural philosophy and the development of science. The contributors confront issues concerning the presence of scientific principles and conceptions in Plotinus' writing, and discuss the degree to which Plotinus' views and methodologies incorporate aspects of how modern thinkers interpret science as well as areas currently thought of as physics and biology.

The essays recognize and embrace the richness, subtlety, and complexity of Plotinus' Neoplatonism as expressed in his Enneads, even while illustrating its pertinence to natural philosophy and the historical development of scientific thinking."--BOOK JACKET.