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Plotinus

Type Figure Region Lykopolis Time 204–270 Also known as 普罗提诺斯、Plotinus

Plotinus, founder of third-century Neoplatonism, born in Lykopolis, Egypt; taught in Rome for nearly twenty years after age forty, positing the One a…

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  1. 204–232Alexandria · EgyptBorn in Lykopolis, Egypt; from age twenty-eight studied Platonic philosophy in Alexandria under Ammonius Saccas, laying the foundation of his thought.
  2. 244–270Rome · ItalySettled in Rome after forty, founding a philosophical school teaching doctrines of the One, Intellect, and Soul, attracting disciples such as Porphyry and forming the Neoplatonist system.

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