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  • The Sublimely Beautiful: A Glimpse of Plotinus and His Thought

  • By: Plotinus, Porphyry
  • Narrated by: Joe Wosik
  • Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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The Sublimely Beautiful: A Glimpse of Plotinus and His Thought

By: Plotinus, Porphyry
Narrated by: Joe Wosik
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This small audiobook provides a biographical outline of Plotinus' life and work as described by Porphyry. Also included is an essay by Plotinus on beauty.

©2020 MSAC Philosophy Group (P)2020 David Christopher Lane
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Beauty and life

This audiobook consists of the full life of Plotinus by Porphyry as well as the full short treatise on Beauty from the Enneads, with Taylor’s short introduction to the lstter. For some reason I expected something else

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Plotinus is Devine. But, the narration is horrible

The narration is horrible. The cadence is off and distracting. The guy can't pronounce Greek names with any ease at all.

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