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Neoplatonism

In Our Time: Philosophy

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What's the Origin of the Greek Philosopher?

A. Adams on the centrale and jes mentioned e philosopher plotinus. Can you tell us something about him before we go into what he believed it s well, actually, we know more about plotinus than we do about most ancient philosophers. We have thisa text, a biography of him, which was written by his student porphyry. Porphyry also edited the works of plotinus in collection that we call the eneads. So he was born in two o five a d died in two 70. And he hailed from egypt. But this is the roman empire, right? He was a native speaker of greek.

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