The Gifford Lectures of William Ralph Inge, professor of Divinity at Cambridge, serves as an excellent introduction to Inge’s concerns around neo-Platonic thought, Plotinus and the tradition of Christian mysticism. Beginning from a basic introduction to Plotinus, Inge presents the philosopher as a great thinker of mysticism. From there Inge begins to define the ideas of mystical philosophy from the legacy of Plotinus’s work and the legacy of neo-Platonism, ‘the result of seven hundred years of untrammelled thinking.’ (p. xiii) which is completely inter-twined within the tradition of Christian philosophy. Dedicating substantial time to contextualizing and historicizing Plotinus’s thought ensures that the lectures remain grounded in a rigorous approach to philosophical history. One lecture is dedicated to explaining the forerunners to Plotinus and the philosophical context of the third century.Please note this is volume I only. In very good condition with some light bumps to edges. Flyleaf has been inscribed by the author to Sir Thomas Barlow, who was a British royal physician (to Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V).