Preview   In the Enneads, Plotinus envisions the soul as an “amphibian” (IV.8.4.32), a purely intelligible being that participates in both the perceptible reality and the world of Forms. The soul holds a “middle rank” (IV.8.7.5) position, living a “double life” (IV.8.4.19) oscillating between higher and lower realms. In his monograph Plotinus and Augustine on … Continue reading Plotinus and Augustine on the mid-rank of soul: navigating two worlds