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Plotinus Founder of Neoplatonism

Plotinus was a third century Hellenistic Egyptian philosopher who developed the last major Greek philosophy of Neoplatonism.

Plotinus
Short identification of Plotinus.

Philosophers Timeline
Chronological list of Greek and Roman philosophers and mathematicians with dates.

Enneads
E-texts of Plotinus' Enneads as arranged by Porphyry.

The Hypostases
In Neoplatonism, behind the surface phenomena presented to the senses are three higher spiritual principles (hypostases): the One or Absolute, the Nous or Divine Mind, and the Psyche or World-Soul.

Neoplatonism
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Neoplatonism, the last development of Greek philosophy, founded in Alexandria by Ammonius Saccas, teacher of Plotinus and Origen.

Philosophy of Plotinus
Plotinus' life, ethics, theory of knowledge, and metaphysics (described as "progression downward from God to the world, i.e., the divine emanations; and upward from the world to God, i.e., morality.")

Plotinus
Explains Plotinus' metaphysics, including the idea that Creation cannot stop at the world of the Gods, but must continue downwards through all possible levels of being and imperfection.

Plotinus
His life, and the religion and ethics behind his philosophy. His conception of Nous: the World Soul.

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