Plotinus Ennead IV.4.30–45 & IV.5 – Problems Concerning the Soul Sj Paperback

Plotinus Ennead IV.4.30-45 & IV.5Problems Concerning the Soul\nAuthor(s): Gary M. Gurtler SJ\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Parmenides Publishing, United States\nImprint: Parmenides Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781930972698, 978-1930972698\nSynopsis\nEnnead [url] and [url] retrieves the unity in this last section of Plotinus treatise on Problems concerning the Soul. Combining translation with commentary, Gurtler enhances both the accuracy of the translation and the recovery of Plotinus often unsuspected originality. This is especially true for [url] where previous translations fail to convey the concise nature of his argument against both the Aristotelian and Platonic theories of vision.\n\nPlato and Aristotle each claim that vision depends on the light between the eye and the object, but Plotinus presents evidence that this is not the case and develops a novel theory of light as a second activity that moves from source to object directly, even arguing that color is in the light itself .