University of Oxford - Virtue and Dispositions in Plotinus (Invited Speaker)

  • Giannis Stamatellos (Lecturer)

Activity: Talk or presentation typesLecture and oral contribution

Description

The aim of the lecture is to present the role of disposition in Plotinus' virtue ethics. It focuses on the notions of virtue and hexis in the Enneads. It is suggested that virtue is a hexis that intellectualizes the soul not at the sphere of action but at rest from action.
Period18 Oct 2011
Event titleUniversity of Oxford
Event typeConference
OrganiserProfessor Anna Marmodoro (Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies Project)
LocationOxford, United KingdomShow on map