This book addresses the mid-rank of the soul theme as it emerges in Plotinus and Augustine in the context of their respective interpretations of universal order. They both use the journey metaphor to describe the soul's progress through the turbulent "sea" of earthly existence.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations
Part I. Plotinus: Wayfaring Stranger
Chapter 1. Plotinus' Vision of Reality: A Broad Sketch
Chapter 2: The Order of the Whole
Chapter 3: The Mediation of Soul
Chapter 4: Between Two Worlds
Chapter 5: Soul's Homeward Odyssey
Part II. Augustine: Peregrinatio Animi
Chapter 6: Tranquillitas ordinis
Chapter 7: In Medio Paradisi
Chapter 8: Pondus Meum Amor Meus
Chapter 9: Voluntas medium bonum
Chapter 10: Civitas Peregrina
Conclusion: The Journeys of Embodied Spirits
