Description - The Practice of Philosophy in Plato and Plotinus by Michael Bennett
Plato said over 2,500 years ago that ""an unexamined life for a man is not worth living."" To examine one's life, on a regular basis, cannot but lead to a consideration of virtue, which in turn leads to a search for the Good, which both Plato and Plotinus say all men naturally seek. What we call a good informs the value system we live by, but a good can only reflect the Good, if it is good for our soul and the soul of our neighbor, any more than we can claim virtue with a mote in our eye. Are the wrongs perceived in society also in ourselves, for where else could they have come from? So we need a different kind of inquiry and a different order of reflection; an inquiry that reveals errors in how we see things and a reflection that seeks a spiritual dimension to how we see things. It does not matter if it is called contemplation or meditation, for the principle of prayer has been with us ever since man first intimated the presence of the Divine.
Buy The Practice of Philosophy in Plato and Plotinus by Michael Bennett from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.
Other Editions - The Practice of Philosophy in Plato and Plotinus by Michael Bennett
A Preview for this title is currently not available.
Available to order, ships in 8-11 business days
Better the Blood: The past never truly stays buried. Welcome to the dark side of paradise.
Pathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW
