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Chapter 5 - Order and Orderliness

By George Boys-Stones

Edited by Phillip Sidney Horky, University of Durham
Book: Cosmos in the Ancient World
Published online: 18 June 2019
Print publication: 04 July 2019, pp 108-121
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This chapter argues that Plato effectively pre-empts the Stoics in defining virtuous action as conformity with cosmic order. Scholarship has been beguiled by Alcibiades’ striking analysis of Socrates in the Symposium as someone ugly to look at but beautiful within, and misled into thinking that Plato defines virtue as ‘inner beauty’, something private which only accidentally manifests itself in public benefit. In fact, as a closer examination of Diotima’s account of the lover’s ascent towards beauty in the same dialogue shows that the distinction that actually interests Plato is that between the body and its activity – not the body and the soul as such. And by referencing this activity to cosmic order (as he does most clearly in Gorgias 507e-508), Plato guarantees essentially that virtue is not only publicly manifest but of essential benefit to others as well as self.

Chapter 9 - Numenius on Intellect, Soul, and the Authority of Plato

By George Boys-Stones

Edited by Jenny Bryan, University of Manchester, Robert Wardy, University of Cambridge, James Warren, University of Cambridge
Book: Authors and Authorities in Ancient Philosophy
Published online: 07 September 2018
Print publication: 13 September 2018, pp 184-201
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4.5 (29) - On Problems of the Soul 3

from Ennead Four

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 468-480
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List of Textual Changes to Henry-Schwyzer Editio Minor
Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 10-16
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Ennead Five
Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 529-638
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5.2 (11) - On the Generation and Order of the Things Which Come after the First

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Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 549-551
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Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp v-viii
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4.9 (8) - On Whether All Souls Are One

from Ennead Four

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 523-523
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4.3–5 (27, 28, and 29) - On Problems of the Soul 1–3

from 4.2 (4) - On the Substantiality of the Soul 2

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 385-386
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2.4 (12) - On Matter1

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Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 166-182
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Ennead Four
Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 375-528
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6.7 (38) - How the Multiplicity of the Ideas Came to Exist, and on the Good

from Ennead Six

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 798-850
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Ennead One
Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 39-126
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5.9 (5) - On Intellect, Ideas, and Being

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Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 627-638
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6.8 (39) - On the Voluntary, and the One’s Wishing

from 6.8 (39) - On the Voluntary, and the One’s Wishing1

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 853-879
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3.9 (13) - Various Considerations

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Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 370-374
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1.1 (53) - What Is the Living Being and What Is the Human Being?

from 1.1 (53) - What Is the Living Being and What Is the Human Being?

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 43-53
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Ennead Six
Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 639-898
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4.6 (41) - On Sense-Perception and Memory

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Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
Book: Plotinus: The Enneads
Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 482-486
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2.4 (12) - On Matter

from Ennead Two

Edited and translated by Lloyd P. Gerson, University of Toronto
Translated by George Boys-Stones, University of Durham, John M. Dillon, Trinity College Dublin, R. A. H. King, Universität Bern, Switzerland, Andrew Smith, University College Dublin, James Wilberding, Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, Germany
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Published online: 16 December 2017
Print publication: 28 December 2017, pp 164-182
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Chapter 5 - Order and Orderliness

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Chapter 9 - Numenius on Intellect, Soul, and the Authority of Plato

4.5 (29) - On Problems of the Soul 3

List of Textual Changes to Henry-Schwyzer Editio Minor

Ennead Five

5.2 (11) - On the Generation and Order of the Things Which Come after the First

Contents

4.9 (8) - On Whether All Souls Are One

4.3–5 (27, 28, and 29) - On Problems of the Soul 1–3

2.4 (12) - On Matter1

Ennead Four

6.7 (38) - How the Multiplicity of the Ideas Came to Exist, and on the Good

Ennead One

5.9 (5) - On Intellect, Ideas, and Being

6.8 (39) - On the Voluntary, and the One’s Wishing

3.9 (13) - Various Considerations

1.1 (53) - What Is the Living Being and What Is the Human Being?

Ennead Six

4.6 (41) - On Sense-Perception and Memory

2.4 (12) - On Matter

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