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Plotinus

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Plotinus (; , Plōtînos;  – 270 CE) was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism.

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Plotinus (205–270) was a male philosopher and writer from Ancient Rome. He studied under Ammonius Saccas and was influenced by Philo of Alexandria. His notable work is the Enneads. He wrote in Ancient Greek and spoke Latin. His lifestyle involved mysticism.

Plotinus had students including Porphyry and Cassius Longinus. He died in Minturno in 270. His name in his native language is Πλωτῖνος. He is described by sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary. Other works attributed to him include Plotini Ad gnosticos, Opera, The essence of Plotinus, Ennead IV.8, and Die Enneaden des Plotin.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 204 A.D.
Died: 270 A.D.
Works: 149

Top works

Plotini Ad gnosticos
Opera
The essence of Plotinus
Ennead IV.8
Die Enneaden des Plotin

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Key facts

Philosopher.region: Western philosophy
Philosopher.era: Ancient philosophy
Philosopher.image: Plotinos.jpg
Philosopher.caption: Head in white marble. The identification as Plotinus is plausible but not proven.
Philosopher.name: Plotinus
Philosopher.birth_place: Asyut or Lycopolis, Egypt, Roman Empire
Philosopher.death_date: CE
Philosopher.death_place: Campania, Roman Empire
Philosopher.notable_works: The Enneads
Philosopher.school_tradition: Neoplatonism
Philosopher.main_interests: Platonism, metaphysics, mysticism
Philosopher.notable_ideas: Emanation of all things from the OneThree main hypostases: the One, Intellect, and SoulHenosis

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Asyut
Place of death: Minturno
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Notable work: Enneads
Student of: Ammonius Saccas
Field of work: philosophy
Image: Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Roma, 1969) - BEIC 6353762.jpg

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Commons category: Plotinus
date of death: 0270-00-00
date of birth: 0205-00-00
student: Cassius Longinus
topic's main category: Category:Plotinus
lifestyle: mysticism
different from: Photinus of Sirmium
writing language: Ancient Greek
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Commons Creator page: Plotinus
name in native language: Πλωτῖνος
influenced by: Philo of Alexandria

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Works in European collections

32 objects attributed to Plotinus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Plotinus

Plotini platonicorum facile coryphaei Operum philosophicorum omnium libri LIV, in sex Enneades distributi [Texto impreso] :]ex antiquiss. codicum fide nunc primùm graecè editi, cum latina Marsilii Ficini interpretatione & commentatione

De la Naturaleza

De rebus philosophicis libri LIII in Enneades sex distributi a Marsilio Ficino e Graeca lingua in Latinam versi et ab eodem commentariis illustrati, omnibus cum Graeco exemplari collatis et castigatis

Plotini Platonicorum opera, quae extant omnia

The Enneades 1, Advances the life description of the plotin of Porphyrius

Plotini Ad Gnosticos liber Graece

"The Enneades of the Plotinus. 1

Plotini liber de pulcritudine

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections

Contents

Biography
Expedition to Persia and return to Rome
Later life
Major ideas
The One
Emanation by the One
The true human and happiness
Henosis
Relation with contemporary philosophy and religion
Plotinus's Relation to Plato
Plotinus and the Gnostics
Against causal astrology
Film studies
Influence
Ancient world
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Renaissance
England
India
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

Plotinus (; , Plōtînos;  – 270 CE) was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism.

His teacher was the self-taught philosopher Ammonius Saccas, who belonged to the Platonic tradition. Historians of the 19th century invented the term "Neoplatonism" and applied it to refer to Plotinus and his philosophy, which was vastly influential during late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance.

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Plotinus