Works of a seminal philosopher now on CP

Whether you're studying philosophy, history, or theology, Plotinus is kind of a big deal. As the father of Neoplatonism, his ideas have had an impact on theology and philosophy since the 3rd century.

You can now get his works on community pricing, currently bidding at $35.

https://www.logos.com/product/46941/select-works-and-studies-on-plotinus

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Lew Worthington

Well, yeah. My hope is that Noet's presence (and its accompanying growing user base) will be enough to push the many essential Loeb collections out of CP. They've been stagnant for too long.

And with so many earnest biblical scholars, that's often hard to understand. I used to require my NT students to read Thucydides to steep them in the NT's literary heritage.

Lew

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/671662#Comment_671662

Thanks, Lew, for posting on this thread again and bringing it to my attention. I'd somehow missed this set in CP. I studied Plotinus in Christian Perspectives on the History of Philosophy, an awesome course I took in seminary.

Deacon Steve

Whether you're studying philosophy, history, or theology, Plotinus is kind of a big deal. As the father of Neoplatonism, his ideas have had an impact on theology and philosophy since the 3rd century.

You can now get his works on community pricing, currently bidding at $35.

https://www.logos.com/product/46941/select-works-and-studies-on-plotinus

I'm in.

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/671664#Comment_671664

Thanks, Lew, for posting on this thread again and bringing it to my attention. I'd somehow missed this set in CP. I studied Plotinus in Christian Perspectives on the History of Philosophy, an awesome course I took in seminary.

I was a philosophy minor in college, but I avoided Plotinus like the plague. I suppose it's time I got around to reading him.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679777#Comment_679777

but I avoided Plotinus like the plague.

George, was there a particular reason why you avoided him?

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679856#Comment_679856

but I avoided Plotinus like the plague.

George, was there a particular reason why you avoided him?

It mainly had to do with his notion of emanations with matter being the lowest level. I never conceived of matter as being lesser since it was created by God.

Bruce Dunning

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679862#Comment_679862

but I avoided Plotinus like the plague.

George, was there a particular reason why you avoided him?

It mainly had to do with his notion of emanations with matter being the lowest level. I never conceived of matter as being lesser since it was created by God.

Thanks. I've never seriously studied this but it sounds interesting.

George Somsel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679863#Comment_679863

but I avoided Plotinus like the plague.

George, was there a particular reason why you avoided him?

It mainly had to do with his notion of emanations with matter being the lowest level. I never conceived of matter as being lesser since it was created by God.

Thanks. I've never seriously studied this but it sounds interesting.

It frankly reminds me of some science fiction shows where it has beings evolving into pure mind or energy.

Deacon Steve

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/679863#Comment_679863

Thanks. I've never seriously studied this but it sounds interesting.

The study of Philosophy is very important, the affects of which are seen from New Testament times to now. The Apostles, including St. Paul, were struggling to show the importance of the gospel amidst wide-spread philosophical proposals in Greek culture. The introduction to the Gospel of John appeals to the Greek understanding of the Logos, the ordering pattern, a positive use. St. Paul warns against the negative aspects in Colossians 2:8, but appears to a fundamental human understanding when he speaks at the areogapus . We find elements of truth and error in philosophy. It's always been this way. The difficulty is that error has posed a significant challenge to Christianity throughout the ages. That is why disengaging from philosophy is a mistake. Unfortunately, too many Christians have disengaged, especially post-enlightenment. We are fighting the effects of that today.

Bottom line: This resource is a valuable contribution to understanding the 3rd century world of philosophy and it comes from the founder of Neoplatonism. It is the influence of the philosophical project in understanding Plato for those that followed. Here is some helpful background on Plotinus:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plotinus/

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