The Enneads May 2026

Contextualize The Enneads as a series of lectures organized by Porphyry.

Address the nature of evil as privation (Ennead I.8 or II.9). The Enneads

The supreme, transcendent, and indescribable source of all existence. Contextualize The Enneads as a series of lectures

P. A. Meijer (ed.), Plotinus on the Good or the One (Enneads Vi, 9) The Enneads

Defined not as a positive force, but as the absence or privation of good, arising from the furthest reach of emanation into matter.

To help you narrow down the focus of your paper, which of these topics sounds most interesting to you? The Soul's ascent (ethics/spirituality) The problem of evil The influence of Plotinus on later philosophers

Explore the world of Forms (Nous) and the role of the Soul in organizing the cosmos.