Plotinus, «Tolma», and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis by Torchia, N. Joseph

Plotinus, ｫTolmaｻ, and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820417684)

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Plotinus, «Tolma», and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis by Torchia, N. Joseph

Plotinus, ｫTolmaｻ, and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis

$59.95
Plotinus, «Tolma», and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis by Torchia, N. Joseph

Plotinus, ｫTolmaｻ, and the Descent of Being: An Exposition and Analysis

$59.95
Format: Hardcover
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This work deals with the metaphysical scheme of Plotinus (204-270 A.D.), examining those aspects of his philosophical outlook reflecting a negative attitude toward the emergence of being. The study focuses specifically upon his use of the substantive tolma, its verbal and adjectival forms, and related terminology designating the will toward separate existence which is instrumental in the emanation of being from the One. But because the tolma connotes an illegitimate desire for otherness and autonomy, it also provides an interesting referent which enables us to trace pessimistic and dualistic strains running through the Enneads.

Author: N. Joseph Torchia
ISBN-10: 0820417688
ISBN-13: 9780820417684
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1993
Pages: 170
Format: Hardcover
By N. Joseph Torchia
By N. Joseph Torchia
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The Author: N. Joseph Torchia, a native of Philadelphia, received his B.A. in Philosophy from St. John's University. Following a period of graduate research at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, he received his M.A. (from Villanova University) and Ph.D. (from Fordham University) in Philosophy. He has taught at Fordham (as a Graduate Teaching Fellow) and a Mount Saint Mary's College (as a faculty member). He is currently engaged in postdoctoral work in Early Christian Studies at The Catholic University of America on an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship. Dr. Torchia has presented papers at scholarly gatherings in the United States, Great Britain, and Italy. His writings have appeared in Augustinus, Augustinian Studies, Collectanea Augustiniana (Volumes I and II), The Modern Schoolman, and Studia Patristica.

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