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about Plotinus comes from Porphyry's
preface to his
edition of
Plotinus' most
notable literary work, The Enneads. In his
metaphysical writings,
Plotinus described...
- with
Ammonius Saccas and his
student Plotinus (c. 204/5 – 271 AD) and
stretched to the
sixth century.
After Plotinus there were
three distinct periods in...
- The work of
Plotinus and
other later Platonists in the 3rd
century AD to
further clarify the
Demiurge is
known as Neoplatonism. To
Plotinus, the second...
- The
logos was a key
element in the
meditations of
Plotinus regarded as the
first neoplatonist.
Plotinus referred back to Hera****us and as far back as Thales...
- Stamatellos,
Giannis (2007),
Plotinus and the Presocratics: A
Philosophical Study of
Presocratic Influences in
Plotinus' Enneads, SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0791470626...
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transmitted to the lower,
which remained unchanged by the
lower emanations. For
Plotinus and
Porphyry the
emanations are as follows: To Hen (τό ἕν), The One: Deity...
- as
Plotinus and Porphyry,
though perhaps not to
later neoplatonists such as Iamblichus.
Gnostics were in
conflict with the idea
expressed by
Plotinus that...
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collection of
writings of the
philosopher Plotinus,
edited and
compiled by his
student Porphyry (c. AD 270).
Plotinus was a
student of
Ammonius Saccas, and...
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known as the
teacher of
Plotinus, whom he
taught from 232 to 243. He was
undoubtedly the most
significant influence on
Plotinus in his
development of Neoplatonism...
-
hypostasis of the soul, the
intellect (nous) and "the one" was
addressed by
Plotinus. In
Christian theology, the Holy
Trinity consists of
three hypostases:...
