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Enneads
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The Enneads (; ), fully The Six Enneads, is the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry (270). Plotinus was a student of Ammonius Saccas, and together they were founders of Neoplatonism. His work, through Augustine of Hippo, the Cappadocian Fathers, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and several subsequent Christian and Muslim thinkers, has greatly influenced Western and Near-Eastern thought.
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- Author
- Plotinus
- First published
- 1914
- Editions
- 51
- Subjects
- Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Soul, One (The One in philosophy), Ancient Philosophy, Neoplatonism, Intellect, Philosophy, ancient
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15 sectionsContents
- Contents
- Citing the ''Enneads''
- Table of contents
- ''First Ennead''
- ''Second Ennead''
- ''Third Ennead''
- ''Fourth Ennead''
- ''Fifth Ennead''
- ''Sixth Ennead''
- Plotinus's original chronological order
- Note on the ''Plotiniana Arabica'' or ''Arabic Plotinus''
- Bibliography
- See also
- References
- External links
The Enneads (; ), fully The Six Enneads, is the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry (270). Plotinus was a student of Ammonius Saccas, and together they were founders of Neoplatonism. His work, through Augustine of Hippo, the Cappadocian Fathers, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and several subsequent Christian and Muslim thinkers, has greatly influenced Western and Near-Eastern thought.
==Contents== Porphyry edited the writings of Plotinus in fifty-four treatises, which vary greatly in length and number of chapters, mostly because he split original texts and joined others together to match this very number. Then, he proceeded to set the fifty-four treatises in groups of nine (Greek. ennea) or Enneads. He also collected The Enneads into three volumes. The first volume contained the first three Enneads (I, II, III), the second volume has the Fourth (IV) and the Fifth (V) Enneads, and the last volume was devoted to the remaining Ennead. After correcting and naming each treatise, Porphyry wrote a biography of his master, Life of Plotinus, intended to be an introduction to the Enneads.