Plotinus on the Soul

Plotinus on the Soul is a study of Plotinus'' psychology, which is arguably the most sophisticated Platonist theory of the soul in antiquity. Plotinus offers a Platonist response to Aristotelian and Stoic conceptions of the soul that is at the same time an innovative interpretation of Plato''s Timaeus. He considers the notion of the soul to be crucial for explaining the rational order of the world...