Theophonia the divine voice

William Ralph Inge

The Philosophy of Plotinus, Volume II

The second volume continues with immortality, the spiritual world and the Absolute, followed by ethics, religion and aesthetics. Inge relates Plotinus’s philosophical vision to questions about contemplation and religious life.

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Longmans, Green and Co. · 1929; impression 1948

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  • Immortality and the soul
  • The One and the intelligible world
  • Ethics and contemplation

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  • How does Inge explain Plotinus’s account of the Absolute?
  • What relationship does he draw between contemplation and ethical life?