Plotinus : the road to reality - Rist, J. M. (John Michael), 1936- (Cambridge : Cambridge university press, 1967)
Inhoud: 1. Introduction 2. A life for the sage 3. The Plotinian one 4. The one's knowledge 5. Beauty, the beautiful, and the good 6. Emanation and necessity 7. Logos 8. The sensible object 9. The descent of the soul 10. Man's free will 11. Happiness 12. The self and others 13. The originality of Plotinus 14. A common metaphor 15. Prayer 16. Mysticism 17. Neoplatonic faith 18. Conclusion
Perhaps because he is strictly neither a classical nor a medieval philosopher, Plotinus' work has been rather reglected in the English-speaking world. The author has rescued him from this relative obscurity and has indicated some of the ways in which he has influenced both Christian and non-Christian philosophers.