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English: Text of "The Life of Plotinus and the Arrangement of His Work" by Porphyry, student of Plotinus; from 1910 translation by Stephen Mackenna. Plotinus was a philosopher during the Roman Empire.
Eustochius of Alexandria was a 3rd-century neoplatonic philosopher and student of Plotinus. [2] Porphyry stated in the Life of Plotinus, "Among closer personal friends was Eustochius of Alexandria, also a doctor, who came to know Plotinus towards the end of his life, and attended him until his death: Eutochius consecrated himself exclusively to ...
Porphyry follows the ascetic supposition of Plotinus that gratification of the body turns the soul away from true good and the intellectual perfection of the soul. [6] His arguments for abstaining from eating animals are informed by the goal of being free from the sensible realm and the body [ 10 ] by living a life as close as possible to the ...
Porphyry also wrote widely on music theory, [27] astrology, religion, and philosophy. He produced a History of Philosophy (Philosophos Historia) with vitae of philosophers that included a life of his teacher, Plotinus. His life of Plato from book iv exists only in quotes by Cyril of Alexandria.
Plotinus (/ p l ɒ ˈ t aɪ n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πλωτῖνος, Plōtînos; c. 204/5 – 270 CE) was a Greek Platonist philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt.Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism.
Porphyry edited the writings of Plotinus in fifty-four treatises, which vary greatly in length and number of chapters, mostly because he split original texts and joined others together to match this very number. Then, he proceeded to set the fifty-four treatises in groups of nine (Greek.
Stephen MacKenna (15 January 1872 – 8 March 1934) was a journalist, linguist and writer of Irish descent. He is perhaps most well known for his important English translation of the Greek-speaking philosopher Plotinus (c. 204/5 – 270), introducing Neoplatonic philosophy to a new generation of readers.
Origen is mentioned three times in Porphyry's Life of Plotinus, [5] where he is treated much more kindly than the Christian Origen, whom Porphyry disliked. [6] He is also mentioned several times by Proclus , and it is clear that Origen's fellow students Plotinus and Longinus treated him with respect. [ 6 ]