Abstract
This paper examines the extent to which the cosmology presented in the Enneads can support an environmental philosophy that would be of contemporary interest. Four major features of the deep ecology position developed by Arne Naess are identified. Comparable features in the position elaborated by Plotinus are identified. It is argued that, although the dominant interest of Plotinus was the educational ascent of the soul to nous and the One, this ontology has implications for cosmology and ethics that provide a basis for environmental principles that are importantly comparable to deep ecology. The mysticism of Plotinus involves much more than the realization of unity with the One.
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