Plotinus’ aim, in Ennead IV 6 (41), is to show that sensation and memory, defined as « a sort of force », are basically active. The originality of this thesis is emphasized by setting it in contrast with the traditional model of perception, which compares soul to a writing tablet. Against this model, Plotinus states that sensations are not impressions on the soul and hence that memories are not retentions of impressions, because no impressions were formed beforehand. Actually, the coherence of this theory depends on a passage from the first chapter (ll. 19-21), the text of which seems to be corrupt in the manuscript tradition. All editors and translators of the Enneads have faced this problem. This essay proposes to revert to the text pro...
L’article d’Elizabeth Anscombe de 1965, « The Intentionality of Sensation », s’inscrit dans un déba...
International audiencePlotinus critic of the stoic epistemologyThe plotinian criticisms against the ...
La thèse vise à introduire, traduire et commenter le traité 6 (IV 8) Sur la descente de l’âme dans l...
Plotinus’ aim, in Ennead IV 6 (41), is to show that sensation and memory, defined as « a sort of for...
International audienceIn his Treatise 29 “On Vision”, Plotinus addresses the difficulty of knowing t...
C’est une nouvelle conception de la sensation et de la mémoire qu’élabore Plotin dans ce Traité 41 (...
Die menschliche Rede errichtet laut Plotin ein empfindliches Zwischen-Hindernis auf : Sie teilt unse...
The extraordinary complexity of the nature of sensation in the philosophy of Plotinus includes appar...
This paper reconsiders the role of memory in Plotinus' philosophy, in view of the mystical unity (hé...
I examine the relation between sensation and discursive thought (dianoia) in Plato, Plotinus, and Pr...
This paper focuses on Plotinus’ account of the soul’s cognitive powers of sense perception and discu...
The thesis aims to introduce, translate in French and comment Plotinus’s treatise 6 (IV 8) On the De...
I will argue that in the thought of Plotinus, how we perceive the world around us is determined by h...
Against the background of the current debate on sensation in Plotinus, this article reconstructs the...
Nous commencerons par poser la sensation dans un espace du milieu, soutenant qu elle se laisse mieux...
L’article d’Elizabeth Anscombe de 1965, « The Intentionality of Sensation », s’inscrit dans un déba...
International audiencePlotinus critic of the stoic epistemologyThe plotinian criticisms against the ...
La thèse vise à introduire, traduire et commenter le traité 6 (IV 8) Sur la descente de l’âme dans l...
Plotinus’ aim, in Ennead IV 6 (41), is to show that sensation and memory, defined as « a sort of for...
International audienceIn his Treatise 29 “On Vision”, Plotinus addresses the difficulty of knowing t...
C’est une nouvelle conception de la sensation et de la mémoire qu’élabore Plotin dans ce Traité 41 (...
Die menschliche Rede errichtet laut Plotin ein empfindliches Zwischen-Hindernis auf : Sie teilt unse...
The extraordinary complexity of the nature of sensation in the philosophy of Plotinus includes appar...
This paper reconsiders the role of memory in Plotinus' philosophy, in view of the mystical unity (hé...
I examine the relation between sensation and discursive thought (dianoia) in Plato, Plotinus, and Pr...
This paper focuses on Plotinus’ account of the soul’s cognitive powers of sense perception and discu...
The thesis aims to introduce, translate in French and comment Plotinus’s treatise 6 (IV 8) On the De...
I will argue that in the thought of Plotinus, how we perceive the world around us is determined by h...
Against the background of the current debate on sensation in Plotinus, this article reconstructs the...
Nous commencerons par poser la sensation dans un espace du milieu, soutenant qu elle se laisse mieux...
L’article d’Elizabeth Anscombe de 1965, « The Intentionality of Sensation », s’inscrit dans un déba...
International audiencePlotinus critic of the stoic epistemologyThe plotinian criticisms against the ...
La thèse vise à introduire, traduire et commenter le traité 6 (IV 8) Sur la descente de l’âme dans l...