Enneads — The

Contextualize The Enneads as a series of lectures organized by Porphyry.

Defined not as a positive force, but as the absence or privation of good, arising from the furthest reach of emanation into matter.

Explore the world of Forms (Nous) and the role of the Soul in organizing the cosmos. The Enneads

Highlight his lasting influence on Western (Augustine) and Near-Eastern philosophy.

P. A. Meijer (ed.), Plotinus on the Good or the One (Enneads Vi, 9) Contextualize The Enneads as a series of lectures

Address the nature of evil as privation (Ennead I.8 or II.9).

The hierarchy of reality flowing downward: The One →right arrow Intellect (Nous) →right arrow Soul (Psyche). The Enneads

The Ascent of the Soul: The Metaphysical Structure of Plotinus’s Enneads