Plotino „Mąstymo Gyvenimo“ Koncepcijos Ištakos Ir Termino „Ζωή“ Vartojimo Eneadose Aspektai
The background of Plotinus’ concept of „Life of intellect“ and analysis of several aspects of usage of term „ζωή“ in the Enneads

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to an analysis of Plotinus’ concept of „Life of the Intellect“. Scholarly discussion about this concept reveals the apparent contradictions between its eternal static state of rest and its emphatically dynamic vitalism. The article attemtps to demonstrate that a number of ambivalent elements of Plotinius‘s concept of „Life of the Intellect“ are caused by relevant theories of his predesesors, most notably, Plato and Aristotle. An analysis of the usage of terms ζωή and βίος in the Enneads shows that Plotinus is using them in a systematic and consistent manner. It seems obvious that Plotinus is himself aware of the ambiquity of his doctrine of the „Life of the intellect“ and difficulties caused by attempts to speak about „life“ in different levels of his metaphysical universe.

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