The aim of this paper is to reveal the implicit criticism against some Middle Platonist philosophical stances in the polemical part of IV 7 (2) (i.e., 2-85), which is usually regarded as being directed only against Stoic and Peripateric doctrines and as relying on earlier Platonist material. I want to suggest that Plotinus' polemic is designed to dismantle not only Stoic and Peripatetic views of the soul, but also what he regards as the Middle Platonists’ erroneous ways of understanding the soul's nature and immortality.
Hidden Targets: Plotinus' Criticism of the Middle Platonists in IV 7 (2)
Federico Maria Petrucci
2022-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to reveal the implicit criticism against some Middle Platonist philosophical stances in the polemical part of IV 7 (2) (i.e., 2-85), which is usually regarded as being directed only against Stoic and Peripateric doctrines and as relying on earlier Platonist material. I want to suggest that Plotinus' polemic is designed to dismantle not only Stoic and Peripatetic views of the soul, but also what he regards as the Middle Platonists’ erroneous ways of understanding the soul's nature and immortality.
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