By A. H. Armstrong, Plotinus
Plotinus (204/5-270 CE) was once the 1st and maximum of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings have been edited through his disciple Porphyry, who released them a long time after his master's demise in six units of 9 treatises every one (the Enneads).
Plotinus appeared Plato as his grasp, and his personal philosophy is a profoundly unique improvement of the Platonism of the 1st centuries of the Christian period and the heavily similar considered the Neopythagoreans, with a few impacts from Aristotle and his fans and the Stoics, whose writings he knew good yet used severely. he's a distinct mixture of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His idea ruled later Greek philosophy and prompted either Christians and Moslems, and continues to be alive this day as a result of its union of rationality and extreme spiritual adventure.
In his acclaimed version of Plotinus, Armstrong presents first-class introductions to every treatise. His valuable notes clarify imprecise passages and provides connection with parallels in Plotinus and others.
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