Plotinus, Porphyry and Iamblichus

This selection of twenty-five essays by Andrew Smith is devoted to Neoplatonism and especially to Plotinus and Porphyry. It deals with Plotinus'' development of the Platonic Forms, and includes a lengthy assessment of Porphyry''s contribution to the Platonic tradition. The themes also embrace a number of issues that have become particularly prominent in the more recent growth of interest in these ...