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Plotinus

American  
[ploh-tahy-nuhs] / ploʊˈtaɪ nəs /

noun

  1. a.d. 205?–270?, Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.


Plotinus British  
/ plɒˈtaɪnəs /

noun

  1. ?205–?270 ad , Roman Neo-Platonist philosopher, born in Egypt

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As with Plotinus, the Hellenistic founder of Neoplatonic philosophy, Viola’s installation proposes memory as a perceptual function that allows a human soul to acknowledge its own existence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2024

Plotinus solved this problem by applying ideas similar to Plato’s theory of forms.

From Textbooks Jun. 15, 2022

Morgan pointed out that in the thought of Plato, Plotinus and early Christian thinkers like Pseudo-Dionysius, beauty in the ancient world often functioned as a source of spiritual elevation.

From Washington Post May 3, 2018

There, he wrote Levin, he was “reading nothing more frivolous than Plotinus and Husserl,” and Harry was welcome to join him “if Wellfleet becomes too worldly.”

From Salon Mar. 30, 2014

I had not answered the Plotinus question soon enough for Henry’s taste.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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