====== Armstrong - Plotinus ====== **Um de seus primeiros e consagrados estudos sobre Plotino: Plotinus** General Introduction Introduction I Life and Writings II The Philosophical and Religious Background of the Enneads III The Thought of Plotinus A Porphyry's 'Life' B On the Three Hypostases C The One or Good D Nous (a) In its Relation to the One (b) As World of Forms — Intellect E Soul (a) In its Relationship to Nous (b) In its Activity in the Sense-world F Our Selves (a) Their Foundation in Nous and Relation to Universal Soul (b) Higher and Lower Self (c) Descent into the Visible World G The Return of the Soul (a) The First Stages (b) The Return to Nous (c) The Ascent to Union with the One