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On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His BooksPorphyry

Hermeticism & Neoplatonism

On the Life of Plotinus and the Order of His Books

by Porphyry

Porphyry's biography of his teacher, written as the preface to his edition of the Enneads. It describes Plotinus's teaching in Rome, his circle and his mystical experiences, and records the chronological order of the treatises.

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