Porphyry
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Porphyry was a Greek philosopher from the 3rd century who developed and taught Neoplatonism, an influential school of thought that emphasized spiritual contemplation and the pursuit of unity with a transcendent reality. His ideas shaped Western philosophy and theology for centuries and remain studied today for their contributions to metaphysics and religious thought.
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Porphyry resides in Perth, Western Australia (the hub of much great music). He is an independent artist whose collection of songs are steadily growing. He has recorded his songs for distribution amongst his mates. Look out for him on open mic stages around Perth. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Porphyry">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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5 total works indexed
- On Abstinence from Animal Food
· 1999 · cited 10x
- CXIII.—Polymorphism of arsenic
· 1922 · cited 3x
- On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books
· 1969 · cited 2x
- 王安镇火山-侵入岩成因：来自全岩地球化学和Sr-Nd-Pb同位素的证据
· 2026
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Porphyry, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Porphyry (/ˈpɔːrfɪri/; Koine Greek: Πορφύριος, romanized: Porphýrios; c. 234 – c. AD 305) was a Phoenician Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of Plotinus, his teacher.
He wrote original works in the Greek language on a wide variety of topics, ranging from music theory to Homer to vegetarianism. His Isagoge or Introduction, an introduction to logic and philosophy, was the standard textbook on logic throughout the Middle Ages in its Latin and Arabic translations. Porphyry was, and still is, also well known for his anti-Christian polemics. Through works such as Philosophy from Oracles and Against the Christians (which was banned by Constantine the Great), he was involved in a controversy with early Christians.
