Plotinus

In more ways than one St. Augustine of Hippo has made everyone question why evil exists if God is literal perfection. Most people might answer that evil exists because God decided to give everyone free will. However, St. Augustine believes that evil stems from ex nihilo or out of nothing. He says that we are all evil and that nothing we do is ever done with true good intentions (Augustine, City of God). Somehow, there’s always some type of ulterior motive that sometimes even we are not even aware of because it is a part of our nature. Everything we do in life, according to St. Augustine, is evil because the only true thing we should ever do is hope. Hope that God forgives us for our sins and saves us (Augustine, City of God). While I was walking in the mall on Saturday afternoon I found a wallet on the ground. When I opened it I found money, credit cards, and a drivers license. I turned it into the lost and found at a nearby store where I figured they might return to once they figured out it was missing. I did this without ever questioning why I was doing it. I did this deed because I figured it was the right thing to do. So, if what St. Augustine says is true, that everything we do no matter how right or how good we think it is, then what I did came from my evil nature (Augustine, City of God). However, he also implies that sometimes we do things that are good in hopes that God will be more forgiving. So maybe by nature I did do this good deed to feel better about myself or…

Inati Plotinus, Enneads, First Ennead, 8th Tractate Our presentation was on Plotinus, Enneads, First Ennead, 8th Tractate. The Enneads which is fully The Six Enneads, is the collection of writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry. We focused on the First Ennead and the 8th Tractate, which is "On the Nature and Source of Evil". The part that I, Lindsay Chafizadeh, focused mainly on throughout the presentation was the background information and history of Plotinus…

Midterm Essay Topic A: Plotinus & the Baptistery of San Giovanni Introduction: Plotinus Plotinus was a Neoplatonist philosopher, whose theories were influenced by Plato and other Greek philosophers (Module 4, Session 9). Plotinus believed that beauty is a manifestation of the divine and that it “communicates the order and harmony of the cosmos, both visually and intellectually” (Module 4, Session 9). Similar to Plato's Simile of the Divided Line, Plotinus believed that reality is broken up into…

In Plotinus’s first ennead, On Beauty, he attempts to define the true meaning of and discover the origin of beauty. What exactly is the source of beauty? How is it that such different things can all be considered to be beautiful? What is it that makes a human being beautiful, and how is it defined? Through an analysis of past claims of understanding beauty, Plotinus offers up his own unique view on what exactly, if anything, defines it. Plotinus first calls attention to the diversity among…

1. 1: Zeno of Citium 2: Epicurus Possibly, the image of two philosophers, who were typically shown in pairs during the Renaissance: Heraclitus, the "weeping" philosopher, and Democritus, the "laughing" philosopher. 3: unknown (believed to be Raphael)[14] 4: Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles? 5: Averroes 6: Pythagoras 7: Alcibiades or Alexander the Great? 8: Antisthenes or Xenophon or Timon? 9: Raphael,[14][15][16] Fornarina as a personification of Love[17] or Francesco Maria Della Revere?…

And after that Plato guaranteed that there is a chain of command of the structures, with the greatest one being the type of the great. It is the frame, which sits over the shape pyramid and by it everything else, works and exists, including other minor structures. The type of the Great is the wellspring of everything and it additionally gives outright ethical quality to individuals. Plotinus was one of neoPlatonist philosphers, who in addition to other things discussed the type of the great.…

Medieval Philosophy is the most mind boggling class I’ve ever taken. There are several opinions I have about the topic on religion. I believe that there is only one God and that he is “Good”, all knowing and all powerful. Also the way Plotinus looked at the “One” and explained gave me a new way of looking at the topic. Lastly I will be talking about religion as a whole and the many ideas behind religion and faith. As mentioned before, I believe that there is one God and that he is “Good”. If…

own trade. Greek women of all classes had the same type of work, mostly centered around the domestic needs of the family. Women cared for young children, nursed the sick, and prepared the food. Hypatia, on the other hand, led the life of a respected academic at Alexandria's university; a position to which, as far as the evidence suggests, only males were entitled previously. She never married and remained celibate throughout her life, devoting herself to learning and teaching. The ancient…

that of the confined prisoners. I believe that those who hold higher positions within the educational systems tend to side more with the confined prisoners; resulting in a deficiency in art education within modern curriculum. I will declare the following now that I have stated my position on art in education; art must be viewed on an individual basis. In other words, we cannot accept a universal definition of beauty or apply a universal interpretation of art to all, and educators certainly…

The story of Hypatia is what led her to her upcoming and how she made an impact to society. Her father Theon of Alexandria, Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus influenced her in like and learning to love and have a passion for mathematics and everything that came with it. In her time of A.D she was the only woman who made a big difference. Hypatia was a popular teacher of interesting topics. She drew attention to herself by being phenomenal at what she did. Her words embraced others as much as…