Sébastien Barbara

Reputedly difficult, the thought of Plotinus (205-270) is the culmination of ancient philosophy. Inspired first and foremost by Platonism, but also by Aristotelianism and Stoicism, it requires the ability to move with ease through the labyrinth of Greek philosophy, which was completed by Neoplatonism.The present work offers a kind of Ariadne's thread for finding one's way through the Plotinian maze of vigorous dialogues, organized in the form of enneads after his death by his disciple Porphyry. Describing and analyzing the soul's ascent to the One, showing the pitfall of the duality between the knowing and the known, scrutinizing the power but also the limits of the soul, the Enneads are not just abstract metaphysics: they are fully deployed in ethical and aesthetic terrain, the full scope of which is restored here.

R put e difficile, la pens e de Plotin (205-270) constitue l'aboutissement de la philosophie antique. Inspir e du platonisme en premier lieu, mais aussi de l'aristot lisme ou du sto cisme, elle suppose de savoir se mouvoir avec aisance dans le labyrinthe de la philosophie grecque que parach ve le n oplatonisme.Le pr sent ouvrage propose une sorte de fil d'Ariane pour s'orienter dans les d dales plotiniens que dessinent des dialogues pleins de vigueur, organis s sous forme d'enn ades apr s sa mort par son disciple Porphyre. D crivant et analysant l'ascension de l' me jusqu' l'Un, montrant le pi ge de la dualit entre le connaissant et le connu, scrutant le pouvoir mais aussi les limites de l' me, les Enn ades ne se r duisent pourtant pas une m taphysique abstraite: elles se d ploient pleinement sur le terrain thique et esth tique dont est ici restitu e toute la port e.