Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision Reprint Edition modern islamic thought in a radical age and the tension between the

and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone’s way of life

This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago

and The Disintegrations of Civilizations

but rather from his awareness of the negative effect that bodily preoccupation and material concern could have on spiritual exercises

Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision Reprint Edition modern islamic thought in a radical age and the tension between theSince its original publication in France in 1963, Pierre Hadot's lively philosophical portrait of Plotinus remains the preeminent introduction to the man and his thought. Michael Chase's lucid translationcomplete with a useful chronology and analytical bibliographyat last makes this book available to the English speaking world. Hadot carefully examines Plotinus's views on the self, existence, love, virtue, gentleness, and solitude. He shows that