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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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6.6 (34) - On Numbers

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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 775-797
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3.6 (26) - On the Impassibility of Things without Bodies

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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 307-331
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2.8 (35) - On Seeing, or On How It Is That Distant Things Appear Small

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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 203-205
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2.2 (14) - On the Motion of Heaven1

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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 141-144
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4.7 (2) - On the Immortality of the Soul

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 487-509
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3.7 (45) - On Eternity and Time

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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 332-353
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4.4 (28) - On Problems of the Soul 2

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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 421-467
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6.1 (42) - On the Genera of Being 1

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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 648-680
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1.7 (54) - On the Primary Good and on the Other Goods

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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 104-107
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1.9 (16) - On Exiting from the Body1

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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 125-125
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4.3–5 (27, 28, and 29) - On Problems of the Soul 1–3

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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 385-386
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Greek Glossary of Key Terms
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 899-904
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Porphyry’s Arrangement of the Enneads
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 8-9
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1.8 (51) - On What Evils Are and Where They Come From

from 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 108-123
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6.2 (43) - On the Genera of Being 2

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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 681-704
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1.7 (54) - On the Primary Good and on the Other Goods

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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 105-107
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3.8 (30) - On Nature, Contemplation, and the One

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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 356-368
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On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books by Porphyry of Tyre
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 17-38
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Chapter 5 - Order and Orderliness

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

6.6 (34) - On Numbers

3.6 (26) - On the Impassibility of Things without Bodies

2.8 (35) - On Seeing, or On How It Is That Distant Things Appear Small

2.2 (14) - On the Motion of Heaven1

4.7 (2) - On the Immortality of the Soul

3.7 (45) - On Eternity and Time

4.4 (28) - On Problems of the Soul 2

6.1 (42) - On the Genera of Being 1

1.7 (54) - On the Primary Good and on the Other Goods

1.9 (16) - On Exiting from the Body1

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

Greek Glossary of Key Terms

Porphyry’s Arrangement of the Enneads

1.8 (51) - On What Evils Are and Where They Come From

6.2 (43) - On the Genera of Being 2

1.7 (54) - On the Primary Good and on the Other Goods

3.8 (30) - On Nature, Contemplation, and the One

On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books by Porphyry of Tyre

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