论美：译自普罗提诺希腊原文
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- APA普罗提诺. (n.d.). 论美：译自普罗提诺希腊原文. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/zh/works/plotinus/an-essay-on-the-beautiful-from-the-greek-of-plotinus
- MLA普罗提诺. "论美：译自普罗提诺希腊原文." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/zh/works/plotinus/an-essay-on-the-beautiful-from-the-greek-of-plotinus.
- Chicago普罗提诺. 论美：译自普罗提诺希腊原文. SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/zh/works/plotinus/an-essay-on-the-beautiful-from-the-greek-of-plotinus.
内容简介
《九章集》I.6《论美》，普罗提诺最常被阅读的一篇，此处单列：美即那使灵魂忆起自己从何而来者。
背景与流传
普罗提诺公元三世纪在罗马讲学，写作并非为了出版；他的学生波菲利在他去世后收集其文稿，编为六组、每组九篇——“九章集”（Enneads）之名即由此而来；这一编次并非普罗提诺自己的。他的哲学自柏拉图出发而更进一步：由超乎存在与思维之上的“太一”流溢出“心智”，由心智流溢出“灵魂”，由灵魂流溢出可感世界；而人的灵魂能够循此路回溯向上——波菲利说，他的老师曾四次做到。整个新柏拉图主义由此而出，奥古斯丁、狄奥尼修斯、阿拉伯诸哲、菲奇诺与文艺复兴皆经由它。读者请注意：本目录收有同一批材料的两种英译本——《Select Works of Plotinus》（托马斯·泰勒译）与四卷本《Plotinos Complete Works》（肯尼思·格思里译）——译文与编次都不同；而《An Essay on the Beautiful》即《九章集》I.6，两个本子里都有。这并非错误：它们是同一作者的不同版本。引用时必须注明所用何本，最好并注明九章集的卷次与篇次。
这是编辑性背景，不是可引用的来源：与作品本身的段落不同，这些说明无法在语料库中核对。
It may seem wonderful that language, which is the only method of conveying our conceptions, should, at the same time, be an hindrance to our advancement in philosophy; but the wonder ceases when we consider, that it is seldom studied as the vehicle of truth, but is too frequently esteemed for its own sake, independent of its connection with things. This observation is remarkably verified in the Greek language; which, as it is the only repository of ancient wisdom, has, unfortunately for us, been the means of concealing, in shameful obscurity, the most profound researches and the sublimest truths. That words, indeed, are not otherwise valuable than as subservient to things, must surely be acknowledged by every liberal mind, and will alone be disputed by him who has spent the prime of his life, and consumed the vigour of his understanding, in verbal criticisms and grammatical trifles. And, if this is the case, every lover of truth will only study a language for the purpose of procuring the wisdom it contains; and will doubtless wish to make his native language the vehicle of it to others. For, since all truth is eternal, its nature can never be altered by transposition, though by this means its dress may be varied, and become less elegant and refined. Perhaps even this inconvenience may be remedied by sedulous cultivation; at least, the particular inability of some, ought not to discourage the well-meant endeavours of others.…