Plotinus
[ploh-tahy-nuh s]
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noun
a.d. 205?–270?, Roman philosopher, born in Egypt.
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Plotinus is a mystic, then, though not at all in the sense in which the term is often misused.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Plotinus taught the devout how to pass into a condition of ecstasy.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
Plotinus delineates the kind of life which the soul should strive to develop.
Christianity As A Mystical FactRudolf Steiner
But it may be well doubted if there is any disciple of Plotinus in this Society.
A Mortal AntipathyOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Plotinus states that he had reached this state "but three times as yet."
Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser MysteriesAnnie Besant
Plotinus
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