{"product_id":"9781400852512","title":"The \"Enneads\" of Plotinus, Volume 1: A Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first volume of a groundbreaking commentary on one of the most important works of ancient philosophy, the \u003ci\u003eEnneads\u003c\/i\u003e of Plotinus—a text that formed the basis of Neoplatonism and had a deep influence on early Christian thought and medieval and Renaissance philosophy. This volume covers the first three of the six \u003ci\u003eEnneads\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Porphyry's \u003ci\u003eLife of Plotinus\u003c\/i\u003e, a document in which Plotinus’s student—the collector and arranger of the \u003ci\u003eEnneads\u003c\/i\u003e—introduces the philosopher and his work. A landmark contribution to modern Plotinus scholarship, Paul Kalligas’s commentary is the most detailed and extensive ever written for the whole of the \u003ci\u003eEnneads\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor each of the treatises in the first three \u003ci\u003eEnneads\u003c\/i\u003e, Kalligas provides a brief introduction that presents the philosophical background against which Plotinus’s contribution can be assessed; a synopsis giving the main lines and the articulation of the argument; and a running commentary placing Plotinus’s thought in its intellectual context and making evident the systematic association of its various parts with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152155984112,"sku":"9781400852512","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400852512_p0.jpg?v=1763714017","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400852512","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}