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Plotinus

Author of The Six Enneads

Includes the names: Plotin, Plotinus, Plotinus, Plótínos, trans. & intro. [Plotinus]; Elmer O'Brien, Plotinus. Translated by Stephen MacKenna. Revised, B. S. Plotinus; Transla Stephen and Page Mackenna
Also includes: Stephen MacKenna (2)

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The Six Enneads 485 copies, 3 reviews
The Enneads: Abridged Edition (Penguin Classics) 362 copies, 3 reviews
The Essential Plotinus: Representative Treatises from the Enneads 316 copies, 2 reviews
Plotinus: Volume I, Porphyry on Plotinus, Ennead I 81 copies
Plotinus: Volume III: Ennead 3 64 copies
Plotinus: Volume V, Ennead V 64 copies
Plotinus: Volume IV, Enneads IV 54 copies
Plotinus: Volume II, Ennead II 50 copies
Plotinus: Volume VII, Ennead VI.6-9 48 copies
Plotinus: Volume VI, Ennead VI.1-5 47 copies
The Philosophy of Plotinus: Representative Books from the Enneads 29 copies
Plotinus (Author) 18 copies
An Essay on the Beautiful 15 copies, 1 review
Opera, Vol. 1: Porphyrii Vita Plotini Enneades 1-3 13 copies

Premiere enneade 12 copies

Enneaden / Plotinus. Over het leven van Plotinus en de indeling van zĳn… 11 copies

Traités, 1-6 9 copies

Opera, Vol. 2: Enneades 4-5 9 copies

Over schouwing en tegen de gnostici 8 copies

Ausgewählte Schriften. 8 copies

Traités 7-21 8 copies

Enéadas V-VI 7 copies

Enéadas III 7 copies

The Essence of Plotinus: Extracts from the Six Enneads and Porphyry's Life… 7 copies

Opera, Vol. 3: Ennead 6 6 copies

Collected Writings of Plotinus (Thomas Taylor Series) 6 copies

Geist, Ideen, Freiheit: Enneade V 9 und VI 8 : griechisch-deutsch… 5 copies

Sulla felicità 5 copies

Enéadas III-IV 5 copies

Traités : Tome 3, 22-26 : 22, Sur la raison pour laquelle… 5 copies

Sur le beau et autres traités 5 copies, 1 review

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Critical Theory Since Plato (Contributor, some editions) 323 copies
Philosophies of Art and Beauty: Selected Readings in Aesthetics from Plato… (Contributor) 240 copies, 1 review
The Greek Philosophers (Contributor) 180 copies
The Sheed and Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy (Contributor) 14 copies
Every man an artist : readings in the traditional philosophy of art (Contributor, some editions) 4 copies

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