Philosophisches Kolloquium/Philosophical Colloquium - Detailseite

The focus of this colloquium, which will be held in English, will be Plotinus’ Ennead 6.8 [treatise 39] on free will, autonomy and the One. We will read this text in the original Greek, very closely, and discuss different possible translations and philosophical interpretations. We will be beginning with chapter 9. Participants are expected to have some knowledge of ancient Greek, and to have read the entire treatise at least once prior to the start of the semester.

The following literature is recommended:

Henry and H.-R. Schwyzer. Plotini Opera. Volume 3. Clarendon, Oxford. This is the text we will be working with.

A.H. Armstrong. Plotinus. Enneads. 7 volumes. Loeb Classical Library.

Beutler, Theiler and Harder. Plotins Schriften. 6 volumes. Meiner Verlag.

Gerson et al. Plotinus. The Enneads. Cambridge UP.

The French translation with extensive notes by L. Lavaud in L. Brisson and J-F. Pradeau (eds) Plotin Traités. GF Flammarion.

George Leroux. Plotin. Traité sur la liberté et la volonté de l’Un [Ennéade VI,8 (39)]. J. Vrin, 1990.  

K. Corrigan and J.D. Turner. Plotinus. Ennead VI.8. On the Voluntary and on the Free Will of the One. Parmenides Press, 2017