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Plotinus and Augustine on the Mid-Rank of Soul

Navigating Two Worlds
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In this book, Joseph Torchia, OP, explores the mid-rank of the soul theme in Plotinus and Augustine with a special focus on its metaphysical, epistemological, and moral implications for each thinker's intellectual outlooks. For both, human existence assumes the character of a prolonged journey-or, in the nautical imagery they both employ, an extended voyage. Augustine's account incorporates theological significance, addressing the ontological difference between God and creatures. As a rational creature, the soul stands mid-way between God and corporeal natures and, in broader terms, between eternity and temporality. Plotinus and Augustine on the Mid-Rank of Soul: Navigating Two Worlds encompasses two parts: Part I addresses the significance that Plotinus attributes to the soul's mid-rank within the broader context of his understanding of universal order, and Part II delineates Augustine's interpretation of the intermediary status of the soul with an ongoing reference to his spiritual and intellectual peregrinatio, as recounted in the Confessions.
Joseph Torchia, OP, is professor of philosophy at Providence College.
Preface Introduction Abbreviations Part I. Plotinus: Wayfaring Stranger Chapter 1. Plotinus' Vision of Reality: A Broad Sketch Chapter 2: The Order of the Whole Chapter 3: The Mediation of Soul Chapter 4: Between Two Worlds Chapter 5: Soul's Homeward Odyssey Part II. Augustine: Peregrinatio Animi Chapter 6: Tranquillitas ordinis Chapter 7: In Medio Paradisi Chapter 8: Pondus Meum Amor Meus Chapter 9: Voluntas medium bonum Chapter 10: Civitas Peregrina Conclusion: The Journeys of Embodied Spirits
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