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List of students of Plotinus

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a list of students of Plotinus. The philosopher Plotinus was the founder of a tradition later known as Neoplatonism. Porphyry, the most important of Plotinus's...

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Plotinus

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Plotinus (/plɒˈtaɪnəs/; Greek: Πλωτῖνος, Plōtînos; c. 204/5 – 270 CE) was a Greek Platonist philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded...

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Demiurge

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known as Neoplatonism. To Plotinus, the second emanation represents an uncreated second cause (see Pythagoras' Dyad). Plotinus sought to reconcile Aristotle's...

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Neoplatonism

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and his student Plotinus (c. 204/5–271 AD) and stretched to the sixth century. After Plotinus there were three distinct periods in the history of neoplatonism:...

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Enneads

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the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry (c. AD 270). Plotinus was a student of Ammonius Saccas...

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History of the location of the soul

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death. Plotinus believed in two parts of the soul, a higher level rational part and the lower level portion located in the entire body. Plotinus saw the...

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Neoplatonism and Gnosticism

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points are not part of any scholarly definition of Gnosticism, and might have been unique to the sect Plotinus had interacted with. Plotinus raises objections...

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Iamblichus

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initially studied under Anatolius of Laodicea and later studied under Porphyry, a pupil of Plotinus (the founder of neoplatonism). Iamblichus disagreed...

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List of ancient Greek philosophers

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used in this list: c. = circa fl. = flourished List of ancient Platonists List of Cynic philosophers List of Epicurean philosophers List of Stoic philosophers...

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University of Windsor

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professor, Plotinus Scholar Craig Fleisher, Professor of Management and Windsor Research Leadership Chair, Odette School of Business, author of several key...

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List of people from Greece

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Pherecydes of Syros (sixth century BCE) Plato (c. 427–347 BCE) Plotinus (c. 205–270 CE) Protagoras (c. 490–420 BCE) Pyrrho (c. 360 – c. 270 BC), founder of Pyrrhonism...

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List of founders of religious traditions

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The list includes those who have founded a specific major denomination within a larger religion. Burial places of founders of world religions List of Buddha...

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List of vegetarians

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supporting this." "Plotinus came from somewhere in Egypt and lived a frugal life. He was celibate and vegetarian and took little in the way of food, drink and...

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Timeline of Western philosophers

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Pyrrhonist. Plotinus (c. 205 – 270). Neoplatonist. Had a holistic metaphysics. Porphyry (c. 232 – 304). Student of Plotinus. Iamblichus of Syria (c. 245...

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Library of Alexandria

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head of his school. Like her father, she rejected the teachings of Iamblichus and instead embraced the original Neoplatonism formulated by Plotinus. Theophilus...

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Platonism

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AD, Plotinus added additional mystical elements, establishing Neoplatonism, in which the summit of existence was the One or the Good, the source of all...

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List of ancient Romans

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the Younger) - scholar Pompeia Plotina - wife of Trajan Plotinus - philosopher Plotius Tucca - friend of Virgil Mestrius Plutarchus (Plutarch) - philosopher...

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Nous

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Soul in Plotinus plays a role similar to the potential intellect in Aristotelian terminology. Lowest is matter. This was based largely upon Plotinus' reading...

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History of education

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Persian, Indian and Greek texts—including those of Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid, Plotinus, Galen, Sushruta, Charaka, Aryabhata and Brahmagupta—the...

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The School of Athens

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The two figures to the left of Plotinus were used as part of the cover art of both Use Your Illusion I and II albums of Guns N' Roses. Similar subjects...

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List of last words

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which is divine in me to that which is divine in the Universe.": 20  — Plotinus, Hellenistic philosopher (270 CE) "And let my word be kept secret by you...

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How to Read a Book

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The New Testament Plotinus – The Enneads St. Augustine – "On the Teacher"; Confessions; City of God; On Christian Doctrine The Song of Roland The Nibelungenlied...

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Plato

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(2006) that "Plotinus' ontology – which should be called Plotinus' henology – is a rather accurate philosophical renewal and continuation of Plato's unwritten...

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Thales of Miletus

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were alike anxious to have terms of peace agreed on. However, based on the list of Median kings and the duration of their reign reported elsewhere by...

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Outline of metaphysics

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theistic version of his Samkhya philosophy. Plotinus (ca. AD 204/5–270) – major philosopher of the ancient world. In his system of theory there are the...

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Gnosticism

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cause of salvation is this "knowledge of" ("acquaintance with") the divine. It is an inward "knowing", comparable to that encouraged by Plotinus (neoplatonism)...

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List of ancient Greeks

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King of Sparta Pleistoanax – King of Sparta Plotinus – philosopher Plutarch – biographer Polemon (scholarch) – Platonist philosopher Polemon of Athens...

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