Enneads of Plotinus, Volume 1

Paul Kalligas is associate professor of ancient philosophy at the University of Athens. Since 1991, he has published six volumes of a new edition of Plotinus's works, with modern Greek translations, ancient Greek texts, and commentary. Kalligas is the editor in chief of the Greek philosophical journal Deucalion.

"Kalligas's commentaries are a major event in the study of Plotinus. Kalligas is sensitive to the demands of exegesis, philology, and history, but also to the more subtle and challenging demands of philosophical analysis. His commentary displays extraordinary mastery of the full text of the Enneads and a sophisticated appreciation of the relevant contexts—from Plato, Aristotle, and Stoicism to skepticism, Middle Platonism, and the entire tradition of Neoplatonism."—Alexander P. D. Mourelatos, University of Texas, Austin

• Preface to the English Edition vii Translator's Preface xvii Main Abbreviations xix Porphyry: On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books Introduction The Author, His Times, and His Work 3 The Composition and Character of the VP 4 The Organization and Sources of the VP 5 The System of Dating 7 Chronological Table 9 Map 16 Other Testimonies concerning the Life of Plotinus 18 Commentary 19 Appendixes A. Iulius Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis I 7, 13-22 93 B. The Figural Representations of Plotinus 94 C. Porphyry in Sicily and His Literary Activity There 95 First Ennead I 1 [53]. What Is the Living Being, and What Is Man? 101 I 2 [19]. On Virtues 131 I 3 [20]. On Dialectic 148 I 4 [46]. On Well-Being 161 I 5 [36]. On Whether Well-Being Increases with Time 187 I 6 [1]. On Beauty 192 I 7 [54]. On the Primal Good and the Other Goods 219 I 8 [51]. On What Are and Whence Come Evils 223 I 9 [16]. On Going out of the Body 241 Second Ennead II 1 [40]. On Heaven 249 II 2 [14]. On the Movement of Heaven 267 II 3 [52]. On Whether the Stars Are Causes 277 II 4 [12]. On Matter 304 II 5 [25]. On What Exists Potentially and What Actually 327 II 6 [17]. On Substance, or on Quality 336 II 7 [37]. On Complete Transfusion 346 II 8 [35]. On Sight, or How Distant Objects Appear Small 353 II 9 [33]. Against the Gnostics 363 Third Ennead III 1 [3]. On Destiny 413 III 2-3 [47-48]. On Providence, Books I-II 440 III 4 [15]. On Our Allotted Guardian Spirit 481 III 5 [50]. On Love 501 III 6 [26]. On the Impassibility of Things without Body 534 III 7 [45]. On Eternity and Time 577 III 8 [30]. On Nature and Contemplation and the One 620 III 9 [13]. Various Considerations 646 List of Variant Readings 657 Key to the Chronological Order of Plotinus' Treatises 669 Suggested Further Readings on Individual Treatises 671 Figures 679 Index of Passages Cited 681