دانلود کتاب Plato and Plotinus on Mysticism, Epistemology, and Ethics

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Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents Preface Introduction 1 The Ultimate Experience: The Evidence of Mysticism in Plato and Plotinus 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The ultimate answers to the most significant philosophical questions 1.3 The everlasting and self-sustaining experience 1.4 The difficult and rare experience 1.5 The ineffable experience 1.6 Requirements for the ultimate experience 1.7 Plato and Plotinus’ attitude toward the hoi polloi 1.8 Interpreting Plato as a mystic: The argument to the best explanation 1.9 The explanatory importance of mysticism in the philosophy of Plotinus 1.10 Summary 2 Epistemology: Plato and Plotinus on Knowledge 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Wisdom 2.3 Knowledge 2.4 The importance of dialectic 2.5 The doctrine of recollection 2.6 Prayer 2.7 Opinion 2.8 Summary 3 Ethics: Plato and Plotinus on Happiness, How to Live, and How Not to Live 3.1 Introduction 3.2 On happiness 3.3 On love 3.4 On purification and reverence 3.5 How to live 3.6 How not to live: On the way in which the soul errs 3.7 Music and musicians 3.8 Arts and artisans 3.9 Desire for the Good 3.10 That no one errs willingly 3.11 Pleasure and pain 4 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Locurum General Index