6 Φεβρουαρίου 2015

English tr. of Kalligas’ Commentary on Plotinus




The first volume of an English translation of the commentaries of Paul Kalligas on Plotinus' Enneads has appeared, published by Princeton UP. Kalligas has been a respected voice in Plotinus Studies for years, but his Hellenophone commentaries remain relatively unknown to scholars that does not read modern Greek. This book, which addresses Enneads I-III (and Porphyry's Life of Plotinus) promises to be a must-have for readers of Plotinus, offering insight both on the substance of his philosophy as well as his Greek text in our modern editions.


Cf. Book's contents in JSTOR and preview in Google Books

REVIEWS

Dominic O'Meara, "The Enneads of Plotinus: A Commentary, Volume 1", Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. An Electronic Journal, 2015.02.10.


Sara Magrin, "Paul Kalligas, The 'Enneads' of Plotinus: A Commentary, Volume 1. Translated by Elizabeth Key Fowden and Nicolas Pilavachi. Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2014. Pp. xx, 706. ISBN 9780691154213. $85.00", Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2015.04.26. 

Lloyd P. Gerson, "The Enneads of Plotinus. A Commentary by Paul Kalligas", Journal of the History of Philosophy 53 (2) 2015, 327-328.


Cristina D’Ancona, "Paul Kalligas, The “Enneads” of Plotinus: A Commentary, vol. 1, trans. Elizabeth K. Fowden and Nicolas Pilavachi. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014. Pp. xx, 706. $85. ISBN: 978-0-691-15421-3", Speculum90 (2) April 2015, 552-554.


Gary Gabor, A COMMENTARY ON PLOTINUS. P. Kalligas The Enneads of Plotinus. A Commentary, Volume 1. Translated by Elizabeth Key Fowden and Nicolas Pilavachi. Pp. xxii + 706, ills, map. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2014 (originally published as Porphyriou: Peri tou Plōtinou biou, Plōtinou: Enneas Prōtē, Plōtinou: Enneas Deutera, Plōtinou: Enneas Tritē, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2004). Cased, £59, US$85. ISBN: 978-0-691-15421-3, The Classical Review 1-3, 21 October 2015.


Update: 24.12.2015.