21. Harvard University Press: Plotinus, I, Porphyry On The Life Of Plotinus. Ennead plotinus, I, Porphyry on the Life of plotinus. Ennead 1 by plotinus, published by Harvard University Press. http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/L440.html

Home Ordering Search/Browse Contact ... HUP Plotinus, I, Porphyry on the Life of Plotinus. Ennead 1 Plotinus Translator A. H. Armstrong Plotinus (204/5-270 CE ) was the first and greatest of Neoplatonic philosophers. His writings were edited by his disciple Porphyry, who published them many years after his master's death in six sets of nine treatises each (the Enneads). Plotinus regarded Plato as his master, and his own philosophy is a profoundly original development of the Platonism of the first two centuries of the Christian era and the closely related thought of the Neopythagoreans, with some influences from Aristotle and his followers and the Stoics, whose writings he knew well but used critically. He is a unique combination of mystic and Hellenic rationalist. His thought dominated later Greek philosophy and influenced both Christians and Moslems, and is still alive today because of its union of rationality and intense religious experience. In his acclaimed edition of Plotinus, Armstrong provides excellent introductions to each treatise. His invaluable notes explain obscure passages and give reference to parallels in Plotinus and others. Other HUP Books by Plotinus Plotinus, II, Ennead 2

22. Consciousness Studies Online: Category Archive For Plotinus Peak Experiences (4) phenomenology (1) plotinus (1) Psychology (6) Consciousness Studies Online Category Archive for plotinus http://blog.consciousnessstudiesonline.com/categories/vUpOL8P-YlEGvvM-rS7k8r86h9

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23. Plotinus' Practical Mysticism Perennialist teachers, such as plotinus, distinguish precisely between exoteric (public) and esoteric (covert) teachings reserved for the qualified initiate http://www.hermes-press.com/plotinusindex.htm

24. Great Theosophists--Plotinus (10 Of 29) After the death of Ammonius, the work of recording the Neoplatonic teachings was taken up by his pupil plotinus, and it is to him that we owe most of our http://www.blavatsky.net/magazine/theosophy/ww/setting/plotinus.html

THEOSOPHY, Vol. 25, No. 3, January, 1937 (Pages 101-110; Size: 26K) (Number 10 of a 29-part series) GREAT THEOSOPHISTS P LOTINUS AMMONIUS Saccas, like many other great Teachers, never committed anything to writing. Following the custom of the ancient Hierophants, he transmitted his teachings orally, and bound his pupils by an oath not to divulge his most profound doctrines except to those who could be trusted not to disclose or misuse them. After the death of Ammonius, the work of recording the Neoplatonic teachings was taken up by his pupil Plotinus, and it is to him that we owe most of our knowledge of that system. Plotinus was an Egyptian by birth, and a native of Lycopolis. The Keynote of Plotinus' whole nature is summed up in the word impersonality. He was so resolved to keep his personality in the background that he refused to tell the place of his birth or the names of his parents. When he was asked to have his portrait painted he replied: "Is it not enough to have to carry around this image? Must I transmit the image of this image as worthy of attention?" Nothing is known of the early years of Plotinus' life. We meet him for the first time in Alexandria when he was twenty-eight years old. At that time he was devoting himself to the study of philosophy, and was seeking among the different schools for a system which would satisfy him. Having failed in his search, he met a friend one day and told him of his predicament. His friend advised him to visit the school of Ammonius Saccas. As soon as Plotinus heard Ammonius speak he cried: "This is the man I have been seeking!" And from that day on he attended Ammonius' classes, remaining with him for eleven years.

25. Oxford Scholarship Online: Plotinus On Intellect Abstract This book focuses on plotinus notion of Intellect. Intellect comes second in plotinus hierarchical model of reality, after the One, http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/oso/public/content/philosophy/9780199281701/toc

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26. COLLOQUIUM PLOTINUS 204/205-2005 ~ MAIN Organized by Marin Balan and Cristian Ducu, hosted by Department of Philosophy, University of Bucharest. It contains some resources on plotinus, as well. http://www.hybris.ro/plotinus/

In honorem ARAM M. FRENKIAN Location Photos Accommodation ... Journal of Neoplatonic Studies November 12, 2005 9.00, Mircea Florian Amf. Department of Philosophy , University of Bucharest Splaiul Independentei 204 (Grozavesti) Programme/Program The organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of: Eveniment organizat cu sprijinul: Cristian Ducu University of Bucharest Department of Philosophy Last updated: 11/07/2005, 12.00. CET s_rid="hybrisroplotinus";s_sp=1;s_iw=1;s_ih=1;

27. Studies In Comparative Philosophy - Plotinus plotinus, the celebrated mystic, comes nearest in his views to the Vedanta philosophy, and is practically in full agreement with the Eastern sages, http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/com/com_plot.html

Swami Krishnananda The Divine Life Society Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Practice Bhagavadgita, Vedanta, Hinduism ... Video studies in comparative philosophy by Swami Krishnananda The Divine Life Society - Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India PLOTINUS This is nothing short of the Advaita Vedanta of Shankara. Only the view that the world is an overflow of the Perfection of God is peculiar to Plotinus. For, to the Vedanta, there is no such overflow; there is, to it, only the Absolute, and the world is its appearance; not an emanation from or an overflow of its being. This is the position, in spite of the acceptance of a relativistic creation of the Universe from the Absolute, as adumbrated in the Upanishads. For Plotinus the world is neither the creation of God nor an evolute from Him, but just an emanation. Plotinus, no doubt, takes care to see that this emanation does not in any way affect the Perfection of God. Plotinus is not advocating the parinamavada or the transformation theory of some of the Indian schools. God does not become the world by modification or transformation of Himself. He is ever what He is and the emanation is something like that of light from the sun. God never gets lost or exhausted in the world. Plotinus is thus free from the charge of propounding a pantheism. God is both transcendent and immanent. The world originates, subsists and finally merges in God. The Thought of God and the Object of this Thought are one and the same, and the world is God's Thought. God's Thought is merely the activity of His own being; it is the immediate, instantaneous, all-comprehending Essence of pure Consciousness, direct and intuitive, knowing everything at one stroke, and transcending the dualistic categories of relative reason, which functions through a succession of ideas.

28. PLOTINUS plotinus studied philosophy in Alexandria, Egypt. He then joined a military campaign against Persia, in the hope of learning Persian and Indian philosophy. http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/people_n2/persons3_n2/plotinus.html

PLOTINUS Greeek Philosopher Plotinus studied philosophy in Alexandria, Egypt. He then joined a military campaign against Persia, in the hope of learning Persian and Indian philosophy. Around 244 he went to Rome at a time when Christian churches competed with Oriental religions. Plotinus, under the influence of these events, developed his own philosophic ideas. He believed that man should reject material things and should purify his soul and to lift it up to a communion with a higher spirit. Plotinus became the founder of the Neo-platonic school of philosophy, which became the most formidable rival of Christianity in the ancient world. www link : From the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Biography

29. 20th WCP: Remarks On The Spoudaios In Plotinus I 4 [46] This question turns out to be fundamental, especially when trying to make out an ethical dimension in plotinus. Treatise I 4 46 offers, concerning that http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Anci/AnciSchn.htm

Ancient Philosophy Remarks on the spoudaios in Plotinus I 4 [46] Alexandrine Schniewind University of Fribourg Alexandrine.Schniewind@unifr.ch ABSTRACT: Who is the Plotinian spoudaios and what is his function in the Enneads ? This question turns out to be fundamental, especially when trying to make out an ethical dimension in Plotinus. Treatise I 4 [46] offers, concerning that question, not only the longest sustained discussion of the spoudaios , but also shows how highly problematic it is to figure out more precisely his characteristics. This is due to the terminological ambiguity with the term sophos , which is also the reason why the two terms are often considered synonymous by translators. It appears in I 4 that this ambiguity is closely related to the question of aisthesis . And this is also perhaps the main problematic point concerning the spoudaios status questionis Who is the plotinian spoudaios and what is his function in the Enneads ? This question occurs especially in regard to treatise I 4 [46] which offers the longest sustained discussion of the spoudaios The main problem which presents itself as regards the term spoudaios is its apparent terminological similarity with sophos . As most translations show, both terms seem to be taken as almost synonymous, the most problematic one being Bréhier's French translation of the

30. The Ecole Glossary plotinus (c 203270 CE) is generally regarded as the founder of After 11 years with Ammonius, plotinus traveled with Emperor Gordianus III to Persia, http://ecole.evansville.edu/glossary/plotinus.html

2007 Archive Edition - See the Archive Notice on the Project Homepage for more information. The Ecole Glossary Plotinus Plotinus (c CE) is generally regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism and is, perhaps, its most important representative. At the age of 28, he turned to philosophy, seeking teachers in the intellectual climate of Alexandria. He was a pupil of Ammonius Saccas, who had been a teacher of Origen , the noted theologian. After 11 years with Ammonius, Plotinus traveled with Emperor Gordianus III to Persia, where he was exposed to Indian ideas. He fled from Persia to Antioch and then on to Rome immediately after the death of Gordianus, where he established a school of philosophy. Between and 270, Plotinus wrote The Enneads , which were then catalogued and organized by his student, Porphyry . Plotinus was influenced by Platonism, Aristotelianism and Stoicism . In spite of his association with many Christians, Plotinus himself never became Christian. Anthony F. Beavers

31. EpistemeLinks: Website Results For Philosopher Plotinus General website search results for plotinus including brief biographies, link resources, and more. Provided by EpistemeLinks. http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Plot

32. The Enneads By Plotinus - The Gold Scales The Enneads by plotinus for quiet reflection of the big picture. Into the inner self and coming out wiser if time and conditions allow http://oaks.nvg.org/sa1ra6.html

Study of thoughts of other may be philosophical. The Enneads by Plotinus Plotinus, a bust The Enneads were put down in writing around 250 AD. This updated presentation is rooted in a translation by a very often unwell and miserable Stephen MacKenna (1872-1934) and Bertram Samuel Page, a young scholar who relieved MacKenna of translating Enneads 6:1-3 for the last volume somewhere between 1928 and 1930, when it was published. The text that follows here, is rooted in MacKenna's and Pages' translation. It was lightly re-edited by me. - T. Kinnes Contents Introduction Neoplatonist Reader The first ennead: The animate and the man On virtue On dialectic [the upward way] On true happiness ... The reasoned dismissal The second ennead: On the cosmos or on the heavenly system The heavenly circuit Are the stars causes Matter in its two kinds ... Against those that affirm the creator of the cosmos and the cosmos itself to be evil: [generally quoted as "Against the gnostics"] The third ennead: Fate On providence (1) On providence (2) Our tutelary spirit ... Detached considerations The fourth ennead: On the essence of the soul (1) On the essence of the soul (2) Problems of the soul (1) Problems of the soul (2) ... Are all souls one?

33. The Terrorist's Dictionary Posted by plotinus at 1053 PM 0 comments plotinus Please send suggestions to dvjohnso at gmail dot com. View my complete profile http://www.theterroristsdictionary.blogspot.com/

skip to main skip to sidebar The Terrorist's Dictionary A lexicon of post-9/11 American English Friday, April 4, 2008 Diversion: Wilco The last three years have been difficult. Probable back surgery is the latest turn. At least there's music. I know you're not listening No I know you're not listening Posted by Plotinus at 1:44 AM 0 comments kill - verb To cause death without guilt. COMMENT: Murder is, of course, one of the most egregious sins. One way to avoid it is not to kill people. The other is to kill so indiscriminately that the act becomes disconnected from intent, and therefore from guilt. Both are socially acceptable. At least 21 civilians, including six children, have been killed in US air strikes in Afghanistan ... The deaths brought the total of civilian deaths to almost 100 in the past two weeks ... A spokesman for the US forces, Major William Mitchell, declared that the troops had killed a "significant" number of insurgents in firefights and the subsequent bombing. "We don't have any reports of civilian casualties" he said. " There are enemy casualties - I think the number is significant." Posted by Plotinus at 1:03 AM 0 comments Labels: K 1. The capacity to accept blame for being victimized.

34. Plotinus - Definition Of Plotinus By The Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus And E Definition of plotinus in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of plotinus. What does plotinus mean? plotinus synonyms, plotinus antonyms. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Plotinus

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Plotinus';WordListHost='w3.thefreedictionary.com' Printer Friendly 849,421,581 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson ... encyclopedia Plotinus Also found in: Encyclopedia Wikipedia Hutchinson 0.04 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Plo·ti·nus (pl -t n s) a.d. Egyptian-born Roman philosopher who founded Neo-Platonism. His writings are collected in The Enneads. Thesaurus Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun Plotinus - Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270) write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Add definition Your Ad Here Mentioned in References in classic literature Neo-Platonism Neoplatonism Plotinist The Enneads Heroism, like Plotinus , is almost ashamed of its body. Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context He was a pupil of the neo-Platonist Plotinus Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica

35. Plotinus And Ficino One such conflict, from the last half of 1486, revolved around Pico s criticism of Ficino s work as translator and interpreter of plotinus s Enneads. http://www.safarmer.com/pico/plotinus.html

Additional note added on May 26, 1999. Minor editing added in 2004. Return to Pico Home Page For recent articles and lectures available online, go to Article Downloads On Pico and Ficino's Translation of Plotinus In passing, my study discusses a number of heated conflicts between Pico and his older contemporary, the Florentine Neo-Platonist Marsilio Ficino. One such conflict, from the last half of 1486, revolved around Pico's criticism of Ficino's work as translator and interpreter of Plotinus's Enneads . Ironically, at least according to Ficino, Pico himself had first urged Ficino to undertake his work on Plotinus (in 1484). In the Commento , which was written after Ficino completed the first draft of his translation - and while he began composing his commentary - Pico ridicules Ficino's readings of Plotinus, as first noted by Garin in the 1940s; Pico's attacks begin, in fact, in the opening chapter of his text. The Oration , which was written in the same period, contains an even ruder remark about problems the "sweating Platonists" ( sudantes Platonici ) had understanding Plotinus's obscure language. Since the remark was again made in the midst of Ficino's work on Plotinus, it seems clear that Ficino (or Ficino and his circle) was once more Pico's target. Finally, again in the same period, we find Ficino's exegeses of Platonic texts attacked in the 900 theses, although in this case Ficino is not mentioned by name. Some of these attacks involved minute points of Platonic exegesis, demonstrating that Pico planned at Rome to challenge Ficino's grasp of his own tradition (see, e.g., thesis and note 5>31, on p. 437 of my edition of the 900 theses).

36. Plotinus Criticism The leading proponent of Neoplatonism, plotinus was the last of the great early Greek philosophers. His metaphysic stressed the need to transcend this world http://www.enotes.com/classical-medieval-criticism/plotinus

var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); Plotinus Criticism and Essays Welcome, guest! Login Join eNotes Literature Science ... Z Search All Criticism: Printable Version Download PDF Cite this Page Plotinus 205-270 Greek philosopher. Title page of a Latin edition of Plotinus's works published in Basel in 1580. INTRODUCTION The leading proponent of Neoplatonism, Plotinus was the last of the great early Greek philosophers. His metaphysic stressed the need to transcend this world, know the Divine Mind, and become reunited with the One. Plotinus's hierarchical system is set forth in his Enneads (253-70), collected by one of his students, Porphyry, at the beginning of the fourth century. Although opposed to the Gnostics and other Christian sects, Plotinus greatly influenced Christian philosophers, notably Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas, and aspects of his philosophy have become incorporated into Catholic theology. Biographical Information Most of what is known about Plotinus comes from a biography written by Porphyry about 301 titled On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books.

37. PLOTINUS plotinus was born in 205 AD and died in 270AD. Born in either Lycon (by Eunapius s account) or Lycopolis (by Suidas s account), he was considered to be the http://personal.ecu.edu/mccartyr/ancient/athens/Plotinus.htm

Plotinus HIS LIFE SUMMARY OF HIS METAPHYSICS It is only possible to make things by thinking them, and to think things as a maker, by being them. Bodies are phantoms, present in matter only as an image, like a mirror, and the realities behind them are Forms. But even a thinker will produce only an idol unless the Forms he thinks are in him, thus collectively are him. Plotinus calls original thought Intellect, which does not reason from previous thoughts, so Intellect is a maker. But there is no process in its making, only the timeless activity of thinking the intelligible Forms that it is. HIS DOCTRINE OF GOD His idea of the One seems to imply the One is nothing, non-existent but this isn't true. Plotinus does state that the One transcends all being of which we have experience. Not only does the One transcend all objects, but also the concept of being is drawn from the objects of our experience, and the One consequently transcends also the concept that is founded on those objects. To evade the dilemma of God not able to create through a willful act, Plotinus uses the metaphor of emanation, but rejects the idea that God becomes less in any way by this process: God remains untouched, unfazed, and unmoved. Rather, Plotinus maintains that the world proceeds from God out of necessitythe less perfect (the world) from the perfect (God). He emphasizes his point by using the metaphor of the undiminishing sun, illustrating how the sun illuminates yet remains undiminished. He goes on to stress his point by way of the mirror reflection analogy. Plotinus maintains that since the One is beyond essence, He is also beyond intellectual perception.

38. Internet Archive: Details: Plotinus The Enneads plotinus The Enneads (Not). plotinus The Enneads (Not). Author Mackenna,Stephen. Title, plotinus The Enneads. Creator, Mackenna,Stephen. http://www.archive.org/details/plotinustheennea033190mbp

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39. Plotinus (ad 204/5-70) plotinus was the founder of Neoplatonism, the dominant philosophical movement of the GraecoRoman world in late antiquity, and the most significant thinker http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/A090

Plotinus ( ad Plotinus was the founder of Neoplatonism, the dominant philosophical movement of the Graeco-Roman world in late antiquity, and the most significant thinker of the movement. He is sometimes described as the last great pagan philosopher.His writings, the so called Enneads Life and writings General characteristics The One and the hierarchy of principles ... Influence 1. Life and writings We possess a fairly reliable account of Plotinus' life and writings by Porphyry , his student and editor. Porphyry composed a biography, On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of his Books , which prefaced his posthumous edition of Plotinus' writings. At the age of twenty eight Plotinus began his philosophical studies in Alexandria under a certain Ammonius (often called Ammonius Saccas, and not to be confused with Ammonius the teacher of Plutarch of Chaeronea (§1) or with Ammonius, son of Hermeas ) and studied with him for several years. After making a futile attempt at a journey to the East in order to acquaint himself with the philosophy of Persia and India, he settled in Rome at the age of forty. He established a school in Rome and stayed there except during his final illness. The extant corpus of Plotinus' writings is one of the largest we have of any ancient philosopher, and we probably possess everything he wrote. His works are treatises, written in Greek, that grew out of discussions in his school, and vary greatly in length and scope. Porphyry arranged the treatises according to subject matter into six 'enneads' - six sets of nine treatises. In order to arrive at this division he had to split some treatises. Conventionally, references to the

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