Enneads by Plotinus - Neoplatonic Philosophy

Mystic and profound, this is the pinnacle of Neoplatonic philosophy written by the father of Neoplatonism Plotinus himself. “Enneads“ by Plotinus (Neoplatonic Philosophy) Part 1 (Audiobook) (arranged by his student Porphyry) Plotinus and the Nature of Neoplatonism Considered the last of the great pagan philosophies, it was developed by Plotinus (3d cent. A.D.). It has had a lastinginfluence on Western metaphysics and mysticism , although its original form was much altered by the followers of was a viable force from the middle of the 3d cent. to 529, when Justinian closed the Academy at Plotinus is the central figure of Neoplatonism, his teacher, Ammonius Saccus (175–242), a self-taught laborer ofAlexandria, may have been the actual founder; however, no writings of Ammonius have survived. Plotinus left Egypt, settledin Rome in 244, and founded a school there. The enduring source of Neoplatonist thought is the Enneads of Plotinus, which were collect