Plotinus, Ennead I.6

PLOTINUS, Ennead I.6: On Beauty. Smith (A.) (trans.), Las Vegas, Zurich and Athens: Parmenides Publishing, 2016. Ennead I.6 is probably the best known and most influential treatise of Plotinus, especially for Renaissance artists and thinkers. Although the title may suggest a work on aesthetics and thus of limited focus, this is far from the case. For it quickly becomes apparent that Plotinus’ main interest is in transcendent beauty, which he identifies with the Good, the goal of all philosop..