Definition of Plotinus

1. Noun. Roman philosopher (born in Egypt) who was the leading representative of Neoplatonism (205-270).

Generic synonyms: Philosopher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plotinus

Plinko
Pliny
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Younger
Pliocene
Pliocene epoch
Plip
Plips
Ploceidae
Ploceus
Ploceus philippinus
Plotinian
Plotinic
Plotinist
Plotinists
Plotinus
Plott hound
Plotz bacillus
Plough Monday
Plough Sunday
Plovdiv
Plow Monday
Plowright
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginales
Plumbago europaea
Plumeria
Plumeria acutifolia
Plumeria alba

Literary usage of Plotinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"plotinus was born in Lycopolis, Egypt, in 204, and studied philosophy ander Ammonius Saetas in Alexandria for eleven years. In 243 he went to Rome, ..."

2. A History of Philosophy: From Thales to the Present Time by Friedrich Ueberweg, Noah Porter, Vincenzo Botta (1872)
"Porphyry also, who was for a time a pupil of Longinus, sought, in a work directed against plotinus, to demonstrate the same doctrine (an i£u TOV voii ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Porphyry, as well as plotinus, recognized Christ as an eminent ... The philosophy of Porphyry is completely identified with that of plotinus (qv). ..."

4. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"105; Dill, Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius; A. Drews, plotinus und der Untergang der antiken Weltanschauung; works of Susemihl and Heinze, ..."

5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"To plotinus, beyond question, this new tendency, regarded from his own point of view as a Greek philosopher, must have seemed, both in respect to what was ..."

6. Archiv F�ur Geschichte Der Philosophie (1902)
"For constructive power, impressive skill, daring boldness, .sustained nobility, and imposing beauty, the system of plotinus has hardly ever been surpassed. ..."

7. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Porphyry, as well as plotinus, recognized Christ as an eminent ... The philosophy of Porphyry is completely identified with that of plotinus (qv). ..."

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