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Plotinus

Born

in Lycopolis, Egypt, Roman empire

January 01, 0205

Died

January 01, 0270

Genre

Nonfiction, Philosophy, Metaphysics

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Egyptian-born Roman philosopher Plotinus and his successors in the 3rd century at Alexandria founded and developed Neoplatonism, a philosophical system, which, based on Platonism with elements of mysticism and some Judaic and Christian concepts, posits a single source from which all existence emanates and with which one mystically can unite an individual soul; The Enneads collects his writings.

Saint Thomas Aquinas combined elements of this system and other philosophy within a context of Christian thought.

People widely consider this major of the ancient world alongside Ammonius Saccas, his teacher.
He influenced in late antiquity. Much of our biographical information about Plotinus comes from preface of Porphyry to his edition. His met ...more

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	The Enneads 4.07 avg rating — 3,227 ratings — published 250 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Essential Plotinus by Plotinus, Elmer O'Brien (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 361 ratings — published 250 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An essay on the beautiful by Plotinus, Thomas Taylor 3.78 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1955 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennead, Volume I: Porphyry on the Life of Plotinus, Ennead I by Plotinus, Porphyry, A.H. Armstrong (Translator) 4.14 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 250 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennead V 4.45 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 250 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennead III (Loeb Classical Library, 442) by Plotinus, A.H. Armstrong (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 250 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enneads II by Plotinus, A.H. Armstrong (Translator) 4.31 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 250 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennead IV by Plotinus, A.H. Armstrong (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 250 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennead VI, Books 1-5 by Plotinus, A.H. Armstrong (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 250 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ennead VI, Books 6-9 by Plotinus, A.H. Armstrong (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 250	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.”
― Plotinus

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“Life is the flight of the alone to the alone.”
― Plotinus

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“Being is desirable because it is identical with Beauty, and Beauty is loved because it is Being. We ourselves possess Beauty when we are true to our own being; ugliness is in going over to another order; knowing ourselves, we are beautiful; in self-ignorance, we are ugly.”
― Plotinus

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