Ethics does not seem to occupy a field in itself within Plotinus’ philosophy; the moral questions seem to be deeply related to reflections on man and the nature of the Intellect. In this short essay I will try to define the essential aspects of Plotinus’ metaphysical and anthropological reflection, in order to highlight the incidence of ethical thought in it. The ethical reflection does not seem to have an autonomous role, as there is no ethics without metaphysics; for this reason, in Enneads, Plotinus seems to theorize the existence of a “meta-ethics”.

Meta-etica nel pensiero di Plotino

Lo Casto Claudia
2018-01-01

Abstract

Ethics does not seem to occupy a field in itself within Plotinus’ philosophy; the moral questions seem to be deeply related to reflections on man and the nature of the Intellect. In this short essay I will try to define the essential aspects of Plotinus’ metaphysical and anthropological reflection, in order to highlight the incidence of ethical thought in it. The ethical reflection does not seem to have an autonomous role, as there is no ethics without metaphysics; for this reason, in Enneads, Plotinus seems to theorize the existence of a “meta-ethics”.
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11386/4778025
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact