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

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...

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 logos was a key element in the meditations of Plotinus regarded as the first neoplatonist. Plotinus referred back to Heraclitus and as far back as Thales...

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

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...

Stamatellos, Giannis (2007), Plotinus and the Presocratics: A Philosophical Study of Presocratic Influences in Plotinus' Enneads, SUNY Press, ISBN 978-0791470626...

as Plotinus and Porphyry, though perhaps not to later neoplatonists such as Iamblichus. Gnostics were in conflict with the idea expressed by Plotinus that...

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...

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...

clear that Origen's fellow students Plotinus and Longinus treated him with respect. According to Porphyry, Plotinus estimated him so far as to say that...

and began a period known as Middle Platonism. In the 3rd century AD, Plotinus added additional mystical elements, establishing Neoplatonism, in which...

and Christian mysticism. Plotinus (204/5–270 AD) was the founder of Neo-Platonism. In the Neo-Platonic philosophy of Plotinus and Proclus, the first principle...

by Plotinus' works as mediated through the Theology and similar works. The translator attempted to integrate Aristotle's ideas with those of Plotinus —...

or discourse on the One that appears most notably in the philosophy of Plotinus. Reiner Schürmann describes it as a "metaphysics of radical transcendence"...

hypostasis of the soul, the intellect (nous) and "the one" was addressed by Plotinus. In Christian theology, the Holy Trinity consists of three hypostases:...

universe. Plotinus compared his principle of 'the One' to an illuminating light, as Plato did with the Form of the Good. As a result of Plotinus' school...

Part 2: Plotinus, Theurgy, and the Question of Ritual," Dionysius 22 (2004): 29–56. 2003. "Unio Magica, Part 1: On the Magical Origins of Plotinus' Mysticism...

Enchiridion On the Trinity Harmony of the Gospels Influences and followers Plotinus Saint Monica Ambrose Possidius Anselm Aquinas Bonaventure Luther Calvin...

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...

necessary or contingent. An alternative line of development was taken by Plotinus in the second century who by a process of abstraction reduced Aristotle's...

ISBN 978-2-85653-867-8, retrieved 2024-07-10 "The Enneads of Plotinus: Porphyry: On the Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of his Work". www.sacred-texts.com...

may be due in part to Plotinus' attempt to refute certain interpretations of Platonic philosophy, through his Enneads. Plotinus believed the followers...

Companion to Plotinus, p. 32). "Everything comes from contemplation" (Cambridge Companion to Plotinus, p. 32). "According to his (Plotinus) metaphysical...

translation of Plotinus' Enneads was effectively his life's work, beginning in 1905 and finally finishing in 1930. Throughout his life, Plotinus remained a...

of emanation formulated by Plotinus. The primary classical exponent of emanationism was the neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus, who in his Enneads described...

Halfwassen states in Der Aufstieg zum Einen' (2006) that "Plotinus' ontology – which should be called Plotinus' henology – is a rather accurate philosophical renewal...

Forms. Plotinus as a (neo)Platonic philosopher also expressed contemplation as the most critical of components for one to reach henosis. To Plotinus the...

Valentinius, a lesser deity known as the Demiurge (see also Neoplatonism, Plotinus) had a role in the creation of the material world separate from the Monad...

Iamblichus and instead embraced the original Neoplatonism formulated by Plotinus. The Alexandrian school was renowned at the time for its philosophy, and...