Plotinus

[ ploh-tahy-nuh s ]

/ ploʊˈtaɪ nəs /

noun

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

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Example sentences from the Web for plotinus

Have you a Plotinus, and would you trust him to me in that case?
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)|Frederic G. Kenyon
The civic fragment finds its highest expression in Quintilian, the super-civic in Plotinus.
Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals|Thomas Davidson
Plotinus' idea of hypostasis is also important, and this notion requires exact examination.
History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack
Our comparison does no more than develop the content of the term λογος, as Plotinus understands it.
Creative Evolution|Henri Bergson

After the death of Virgil, he was joined with Plotinus and Tucca to revise the works of that admirable poet.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence|Cornelius Tacitus

British Dictionary definitions for plotinus

Plotinus

/ (plɒˈtaɪnəs) /

noun

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

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