Episode Synopsis "8: Plotinus, On the Intellectual Beauty"

The eighth episode of A History of Literary Criticism. Today’s focus is a section of Plotinus’ Fifth Ennead titled On the Intellectual Beauty. I’ll discuss a little of the author biography first, then three key principles I think are vital to understanding his work, his version of the creation myth and the implications of his philosophy for art, artists and readers.

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