Treatise IV 7 (2) is one of the 17 texts by Plotinus for which the manuscript tradition presents, in the text’s margins, a Greek numbering for which its significance is, at first sight, unclear. P. Henry suggested that it is a sort of ‘note marker’ referring to Plotinian words and phrases explained by Porphyry in one of his commentaries on the Enneads. On the ground of a new analysis of these marginal annotations, we take up here Henry’s hypothesis and suggest that we may see in this numbering a trace of a chapter division of the treatise far from the Ficinian one modern scholars are accustomed to referring to.
Taormina, D.p. (2022). Plotin IV. 7 (2) : la numérotation marginale. In T.D.P. Ferroni Lorenzo (a cura di), Plotinus IV. 7 (2) : On the Immortality of the Soul : Studies on the Text and Its Contexts (pp. 41-50). Baden-Baden : Academia Verlag.
Plotin IV. 7 (2) : la numérotation marginale
Taormina
2022-01-01
Abstract
Treatise IV 7 (2) is one of the 17 texts by Plotinus for which the manuscript tradition presents, in the text’s margins, a Greek numbering for which its significance is, at first sight, unclear. P. Henry suggested that it is a sort of ‘note marker’ referring to Plotinian words and phrases explained by Porphyry in one of his commentaries on the Enneads. On the ground of a new analysis of these marginal annotations, we take up here Henry’s hypothesis and suggest that we may see in this numbering a trace of a chapter division of the treatise far from the Ficinian one modern scholars are accustomed to referring to.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
