エンネアデス (III)
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- 英語
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- 完全な作品
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- 著者自身による
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この作品を引用
- APAプロティノス. (n.d.). エンネアデス (III). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/plotinus/plotinos-complete-works-v-3
- MLAプロティノス. "エンネアデス (III)." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/plotinus/plotinos-complete-works-v-3.
- Chicagoプロティノス. エンネアデス (III). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ja/works/plotinus/plotinos-complete-works-v-3.
何についての本か
ケネス・ガスリー訳プロティノス全四巻のうちの第三巻。本文庫にあるもう一方の版である。
背景と歴史
プロティノスは三世紀のローマで教えたが、公にするために書いたのではない。弟子のポルフュリオスが没後に遺稿を集め、九篇ずつ六組に配列した。「エンネアデス（九つ組）」の名はここから来る。この配列はプロティノス自身のものではない。彼の哲学はプラトンから出て、さらに先へ進む。有と思惟の彼方にある一者から、流出によって知性が生じ、知性から魂が、魂から感覚的世界が生じる。人間の魂はこの道を遡って上ることができる。師はそれを四度なしえた、とポルフュリオスは記す。新プラトン主義のすべてがここから出て、アウグスティヌスも、ディオニュシオスも、アラビアの哲学者たちも、フィチーノもルネサンスも、ここを通っていった。読者への注意：本目録には同じ材料の英訳が二種ある。『Select Works of Plotinus』（トマス・テイラー訳）と、四巻本『Plotinos Complete Works』（ケネス・ガスリー訳）で、訳文も配列も異なる。また『An Essay on the Beautiful』はエンネアス I.6 であり、両方に含まれている。誤りではない。同じ著者の別々の版である。引用の際は必ずどちらの版によるかを記し、できればエンネアスと論考の番号も添えたい。
これは編集上の背景であり、引用できる典拠ではありません。作品本文の一節とは異なり、これらの記述はコーパスで検証できません。
1. Does manifoldness consist in distance from unity? Is infinity this distance carried to the extreme, because it is an innumerable manifoldness? Is then infinity an evil, and are we ourselves evil when we are manifold? (That is probable); or every being becomes manifold when, not being able to remain turned towards itself, it blossoms out; it extends while dividing; and thus losing all unity in its expansion, it becomes manifoldness, because there is nothing that holds its parts mutually united. If, nevertheless, there still remain something that holds its parts mutually united, then, though blossoming out, (the essence) remains, and becomes manifoldness. HOW MANIFOLDNESS IS AN EVIL. But what is there to be feared in magnitude? If (the essence) that has increased could feel (it would feel that which in itself has become evil; for) it would feel that it had issued from itself, and had even gone to a great distance (from itself). No (essence), indeed, seeks that which is other than itself; every (essence) seeks itself. The movement by which (an essence) issues from itself is caused either by "audacity," or necessity. Every (being) exists in the highest degree not when it becomes manifold or great, but when it belongs to itself; now this occurs when it concentrates upon itself. That which desires to become great in some other manner is ignorant of that in which true greatness consists; instead of proceeding towards its legitimate goal, it turns towards the outside. Now, on the contrary, to turn towards oneself, is to remain in oneself. The demonstration of this may be seen in that which participates in greatness; if (the being) develop itself so that each of its parts exist apart, each part will indeed exist, but (the being) will no longer be what it originally was.…