Enneades
Rome · 270
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Plotinus
Plotinus
204 CE–270 CE · Alexandria
Founder of Neoplatonism; his Enneads articulate a triadic metaphysics — the One, the Intellect, and the Soul — that decisively shaped late-antique philosophy and the early Christian and Jewish mystical traditions.
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Lycopolis (Egypt)
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Reportedly born at Lycopolis in Roman Egypt c.205 CE (the exact site is uncertain — Porphyry's Life, our main source, says Plotinus refused to discuss his origins). Early life sparsely documented.