Plotinus
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Plotinus 🇪🇬

Πλωτῖνος (Known as "Father of Neoplatonism")
Neoplatonist Philosopher, Metaphysician, Mystic
Born c. 204 CE 🇪🇬 Lycopolis (Asyut), Egypt
Passed Away 270 CE Minturnae (Campania), Italy
Lifespan ~66 years old
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"Never cease sculpting your own statue until the divine splendor of virtue shines in you."

Archival Overview

Founder of Neoplatonism whose Enneads integrated Platonic metaphysics into a transcendent emanation system tracing all reality back to the ineffable One (To Hen).

Biographical Record

Plotinus (c. 204–270 CE) was born in Roman Egypt and studied under Ammonius Saccas in Alexandria before accompanying Emperor Gordian III's eastern campaign to learn Persian and Indian philosophy. Settling in Rome, he founded a celebrated circle of philosophical disciples.

Plotinus articulated a majestic triadic ontology of the divine hypostases: The One (*To Hen*), the Divine Intellect (*Nous*), and the World Soul (*Psyche*). For Plotinus, the spiritual journey of humanity is a return of the soul (*epistrophe*) to its primordial source, uniting the self in ecstatic contemplation with the Divine.

Key Life Milestones

244 CE

Establishment of the Roman Seminar

Opened his academy in Rome, lecturing to senators, physicians, and students on the ascent of the soul.

c. 268 CE

Compilation of the 54 Treatises (Enneads)

Composed the core texts of Neoplatonism, subsequently edited into six sets of nine treatises by Porphyry.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Campanian Villa of Zethos Memorial
Minturnae (Campania), Italy
GPS: 41.2436, 13.7508
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