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 decades after his master's demise in six units of 9 treatises every one (the Enneads).
Plotinus seemed 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 significantly. he's a special mixture of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His notion ruled later Greek philosophy and stimulated either Christians and Moslems, and continues to be alive this present day as a result of its union of rationality and extreme spiritual adventure.
In his acclaimed version of Plotinus, Armstrong offers very good introductions to every treatise. His necessary notes clarify imprecise passages and provides connection with parallels in Plotinus and others.
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