PLOTINUS Ennead VI.8: on the Voluntary and on the Free Will o... - 9781930972391

PLOTINUS Ennead VI.8: on the Voluntary and on the Free Will of the OneOn the Voluntary and on the Free Will of the One Translation, with an Introduction, and Commentary\nAuthor(s): Kevin Corrigan, John D. Turner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Parmenides Publishing, United States\nImprint: Parmenides Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781930972391, 978-1930972391\nSynopsis\nEnnead [url] gives us access to the living mind of a long dead sage as he tries to answer some of the most fundamental questions we in the modern world continue to ask: are we really free when most of the time we are overwhelmed by compulsions, addictions, and necessities, and how can we know that we are free? Can we trace this freedom through our own agency to the gods, to the Soul, Intellect, and the Good? How do we know that the world is meaningful and not simply the result of chance or randomness?\n\nPlotinus' On the Voluntary and on the Free Will of the One is a groundbreaking work that provides a new understanding of the .