The Enneads: Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics)
by Plotinus
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Author: PlotinusEditor: John Dillon
Introduction: John Dillon
Translator: Stephen MacKenna
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged
Published: 1991-11-05
ISBN: 014044520X
Number of pages: 688
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: "A Good Translation and Collection of the Enneads"
Summary: 4 Stars
Porphyry, the Greek philosopher who wrote the infamous but witty polemic "Against the Christians," edited and compiled the Plotinian corpus and divided them into six groups of nine, and named them the Enneads. Plotinus was the originator of Neoplatonism; and his philosophical ingenuity impacted the world significantly. Without taking any notice of Christianity himself, Plotinus' ideas still amazingly concur with numerous doctrines of the Church, such as the Trinity; and also his philosophical monism helped to repudiate the dualism of the Gnostics. The beginning of this volume contains several dissertations on the life and thought of Plotinus, which provides excellent background information that will act as a helpful prelude to reading the Enneads. As the Enneads were originally a collection of chatty essays and short articles compiled after his death, it interesting to note how clearly and intelligibly the translator Stephen Mackenna rendered this text. Overall, it is a good volume, and should be on the shelves of anyone enamored with good philosophy.
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