Plotinus on What We Think We Are

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Plotinus on What We Think We Are is written by Wiebke-Marie Stock and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004678654 (ISBN 10) and 9789004678651 (ISBN 13).

The Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus invites us to take part in his philosophizing when he encourages his readers to think about what they think they are, as living beings, human beings, as rational beings, ethical subjects and as philosophers. He is interested in what we say about ourselves in ordinary language and notices that such ordinary experience conflicts with what the Platonic tradition claims we (truly) are. This conflict does not lead him to turn away from the human terms and expressions, but impels him to take seriously what we say about ourselves and to explain it philosophically.