TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pao-Shen Ho
PY  - 2015
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653049855
TI  - Plotinus’ Mystical Teaching of Henosis
T2  - An Interpretation in the Light of the Metaphysics of the One
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-04985-5
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048912
N2  - Plotinus’ mysticism of henosis, unification with the One, is a highly controversial topic in Plotinian scholarship. This book presents a careful reading of the Enneads and suggests that Plotinus’ mysticism be understood as mystical teaching that offers practical guidance concerning henosis. It is further argued that a rational interpretation thereof should be based on Plotinus’ metaphysics, according to which the One transcends all beings but is immanent in them. The main thesis of this book is that Plotinus’ mystical teaching does not help man attain henosis on his own, but serves to remind man that he fails to attain henosis because it already pertains to his original condition. Plotinus’ mysticism seeks to change man’s misconception about henosis, rather than his finite nature.
KW  - antike Philosophie, Metaphysik, Religionsphilosophie
LA  - English
ER  -