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Ennead V.4 [7]: How what comes after the First derives from the First, and on the One — Plotinus

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Ennead V.4 [7]: How what comes after the First derives from the First, and on the One

Πῶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου τὸ μετὰ τὸ πρῶτον καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἑνός

Cabeza de mármol identificada con Plotino (Ostia, inv. 436)
byPlotinus

It formulates the theory of double activity: each reality has an internal activity, which is itself, and an external activity derived from it, like the heat that radiates from fire. Thus the One produces without moving or diminishing.

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Authorship note

An authentic treatise by Plotinus, no. 7 in Porphyry's chronological order (Life of Plotinus 4–6), first period (treatises 1–21, written before Porphyry's arrival in 263). The title and the placement in Ennead V are Porphyry's.

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English

  • Plotinus V: Ennead V (Loeb Classical Library 444) — Plotinus

    Plotinus V: Ennead V (Loeb Classical Library 444)

    Harvard University Press, 1984

    Translation: A. H. Armstrong

    ISBN 9780674994898

    Bilingüe griego-inglés.

  • Ennead V.4 (MacKenna)

    Medici Society; Wikisource, 1926

    Translation: Stephen MacKenna

    Dominio público (MacKenna murió en 1934).

Español

  • Plotino, Enéadas V–VI — Plotinus

    Plotino, Enéadas V–VI

    Gredos (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, 256), 1998

    Translation: Jesús Igal

    ISBN 9788424919610

    Publicado póstumamente (Igal murió en 1986).

Other works by Plotinus

Sources

  • Porfirio. Vida de Plotino y orden de sus libros (Περὶ τοῦ Πλωτίνου βίου καὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν βιβλίων αὐτοῦ). Texto griego en la ed. de R. Volkmann (Teubner, 1883), en Wikisource en griego; trad. inglesa de Stephen MacKenna (1917), en Wikisource en inglés.

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