Table of Contents

Translator's Preface Abbreviations Used in References Introduction: Reading Hadot Reading Plotinus by Arnold I. Davidson 1: Portrait 2: Levels of the Self 3: Presence 4: Love 5: Virtues 6: Gentleness 7: Solitude Postface to the Third Edition Chronological Biography Analytical Bibliography References Index of Plotinian Quotations Index

About the Author

Pierre Hadot (1922-2010) was professor of the history of Hellenistic and Roman thought at the Coll�ge de France. He was the author of many books, including Plotinus or the Simplicity of Vision.