Plotinus

Hellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism (c. 204/5–270)

b. 205 · d. 270

Plotinus was an ancient Greek philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. He is widely regarded by modern scholars as the founder of Neoplatonism.

Related people

Ammonius Saccas disciple of · traditional
Philo of Alexandria influenced by · traditional
Porphyry teacher of · traditional
Cassius Longinus teacher of · traditional
Boethius influenced · traditional
Hypatia influenced · traditional
Proclus influenced · traditional
Iamblichus influenced · traditional

Works

Enneads

Places

Lycopolis birth
Asyut birth
Minturno death

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Glosses

The two Ammonii Origen had a teacher named Ammonius and so did Plotinus, and for seventeen centuries nobody has been able to say for certain whether that is one sentence or two. Porphyry, writing against the Christians, said that…