There was once a philosopher who refused to let anyone paint his portrait. He would not even tell people the date of his birthday. The reason was strange and striking. He was almost embarrassed to ...

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Plotinus was born around the year 204 or 205 AD, most likely in Egypt, which was then part of the Roman Empire. He is remembered today as the founder of a school of thought called Neoplatonism. In ...

Plotinus was one of the most important philosophers of the late Roman Empire and his impact can be seen even today. He started Neoplatonism, a way of thinking that had a big impact on Western and ...

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But how can a man of reason be affected by magic and drugs? His soul will resist the enchantment, and his reason will not be affected, nor will it alter his opinions; but it will affect whatever ...

The year 529 is a seminal date, and a handy one to keep in mind when trying to untangle Plato first from Platonism and then from Christianity. In that year, Plato's Academy was finally closed in ...

v. 1. Porphyry on the life of Plotinus and the order of his books. Enneads I. 1-9.--v. 2. Enneads II. 1-9.--v. 3. Enneads III. 1-9 ...

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