The Genealogy of  Matter in Plotinus, Ennead II.4

We are delighted that Prof. A. A. Long is visiting us from Berkeley to give this paper. To be followed by tea. All welcome!

If you would like to do some preparatory reading (not at all obligatory!), Prof. Long suggests:

• Long, A. A., ‘What is the Matter with Matter, According to Plotinus?’, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 78 (2016), 37-54 [click to download]
• Boys-Stones, G. R., Platonist Philosophy (CUP 2018), ch. 4 (for the pre-Plotinian debate) [click to download pre-print text]