The Self as Image and Suddenness: Some Remarks on Plotinus’ Noetic Life

dc.contributor.authorLavecchia, Salvatore
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-16T10:17:27Z
dc.date.available2019-12-16T10:17:27Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis article focuses on certain dimensions of Plotinus’ notion of the noetic self, which so far have not received sufficient scholarly atten­tion. The evidence of Enn. V 8 makes clear the assumption about the inexhaustible generativity of the noetic self. This generativity implies an intimate relation with the notions of image and suddenness: the former is intended as a medium of unconditional self-transparency, whereas the latter is understood as pointing to the unlimited newness that is char­acteristic of the noetic life, which, according to Plotinus, consists in an indissoluble unity of identity and alterity (Enn. VI 7.13). The aforesaid notions make it reasonable to view Plotinus’ concept of noetic self as pointing to a predominantly relational and dynamic ontology, in which essentialism presupposes no staticity whatsoever, but can rather be seen as a perspective that leads to the development of a harmonious and non-narcissistic creativity.pl
dc.identifier.citationPeitho. Examina Antiqua, nr 1(10), 2019, s. 103-112pl
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.14746/pea.2019.1.5
dc.identifier.issn2082–7539
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/25263
dc.language.isoitapl
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii UAMpl
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesspl
dc.subjectnoetic lifepl
dc.subjectselfpl
dc.subjectrelationalitypl
dc.subjectgenerativitypl
dc.subjectcreativitypl
dc.subjectsuddennesspl
dc.subjectartpl
dc.titleThe Self as Image and Suddenness: Some Remarks on Plotinus’ Noetic Lifepl
dc.typeArtykułpl

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