Guthrie: Tratado 27 (IV, 3, 9-17) – Descida das Almas aos Corpos

FOURTH ENNEAD, BOOK THREE.
Psychological Questions.

B. WHY AND HOW DO SOULS DESCEND INTO BODIES?

TWO KINDS OF TRANSMIGRATION.

STUDY OF FIRST INCARNATION.

HOW THE UNIVERSE IS ANIMATED BY THE WORLD SOUL.

THE WORLD-SOUL PROGRESSIVELY INFORMS ALL THINGS.

THE UNIVERSAL SOUL AS MODEL OF REASON, AS INTERMEDIARY AND INTERPRETER.

SOULS ARE NOT CUT OFF FROM INTELLIGENCE DURING THEIR DESCENT AND ASCENT.

WHY SOULS TAKE ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF BODIES.

HOW SOULS COME TO DESCEND.

BY A PUN ON “WORLD” AND “ADORNMENT,” PLOTINOS SHOWS MEN ADD TO THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD.

BY A PUN ON “PROMETHEUS” AND “PROVIDENCE,” PLOTINOS EMPLOYS THE MYTH OF PANDORA.

WHY MANY SOULS SUCCUMB TO THE LAW OF THE ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MISFORTUNES AND PUNISHMENTS.

FROM THE INTELLIGIBLE WORLD, SOULS FIRST GO INTO HEAVEN.

THE DESCENDING GRADUATIONS OF EXISTENCE.

GUTHRIE, K. S. Plotinus: Complete Works: In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods. [single Volume, Unabridged]. [s.l.] CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017.