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ploʊˈtaɪ nəsplot·i·nus
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Princeton's WordNet
Plotinusnoun
Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270)
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Plotinus (204/5 – 270 AD) was a major Greek-speaking philosopher of the ancient world. He is known as the founder of Neoplatonism, a philosophical system that synthesized ideas from Plato and other ancient thinkers. Plotinus' teachings emphasize the mystical aspects of philosophy, particularly the individual's quest for spiritual self-perfection and union with the One, an ultimate divine reality. His writings, known collectively as "The Enneads," were edited and compiled by his student Porphyry.
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Plotinus
Plotinus was a major philosopher of the ancient world. In his system of theory there are the three principles: the One, the Intellect, and the Soul. His teacher was Ammonius Saccas and he is of the Platonic tradition. Historians of the 19th century invented the term Neoplatonism and applied it to him and his philosophy which was influential in Late Antiquity. Much of the biographical information about Plotinus comes from Porphyry's preface to his edition of Plotinus' Enneads. His metaphysical writings have inspired centuries of Pagan, Christian, Jewish, Islamic and Gnostic metaphysicians and mystics.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Plotinus
an Alexandrian philosopher of the Neo-Platonic school, born at Lycopolis, in Egypt; he taught philosophy at Rome, a system in opposition to the reigning scepticism of the time, and which based itself on the intuitions of the soul elevated into a state of mystical union with God, who in His single unity sums up all and whence all emanates, all being regarded as an emanation from Him (207-270).
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