Philosophic Silence and the ‘One' in Plotinus by Nicholas Banner
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Overview: Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity, discusses at length
a first principle of reality – the One – which, he tells us, cannot
be expressed in words or grasped in thought. How and why, then,
does Plotinus write about it at all? This book explores this act of
writing the unwritable. Seeking to explain what seems to be an
insoluble paradox in the very practice of Late Platonist writing, it
examines not only the philosophical concerns involved, but the cul-
tural and rhetorical aspects of the question. The discussion outlines
an ancient practice of ‘philosophical silence’ which determined the
themes and tropes of public secrecy appropriate to Late Platonist
philosophy. Through philosophic silence, public secrecy and silence
flow into one another, and the unsaid space of the text becomes
an initiatory secret. Understanding this mode of discourse allows
us to resolve many apparent contradictions in Plotinus’ thought.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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Requirements: PDF Reader, 2.6 MB
Overview: Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity, discusses at length
a first principle of reality – the One – which, he tells us, cannot
be expressed in words or grasped in thought. How and why, then,
does Plotinus write about it at all? This book explores this act of
writing the unwritable. Seeking to explain what seems to be an
insoluble paradox in the very practice of Late Platonist writing, it
examines not only the philosophical concerns involved, but the cul-
tural and rhetorical aspects of the question. The discussion outlines
an ancient practice of ‘philosophical silence’ which determined the
themes and tropes of public secrecy appropriate to Late Platonist
philosophy. Through philosophic silence, public secrecy and silence
flow into one another, and the unsaid space of the text becomes
an initiatory secret. Understanding this mode of discourse allows
us to resolve many apparent contradictions in Plotinus’ thought.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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