PHILOSOPHER

Plotinus

203 - 270

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Plotinus (; Greek: Πλωτῖνος, Plōtînos; c. 204/5 – 270 CE) was a Greek Platonist philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism. His teacher was the self-taught philosopher Ammonius Saccas, who belonged to the Platonic tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Plotinus has received more than 1,576,470 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Plotinus is the 52nd most popular philosopher (up from 56th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 17th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Philosopher.

Plotinus is most famous for his work "Enneads," which is a collection of nine books that are organized into three groups. The first group is called "The One" and the second group is called "The Soul." The third group is called "The World." Plotinus argues that the world is a reflection of the soul, which is a reflection of the One.

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  • 78.38

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  • 75

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  • 13.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plotinus ranks 52 out of 1,267. Before him are Protagoras, Ludwig Wittgenstein, John Amos Comenius, Lucretius, Hannah Arendt, and Anaxagoras. After him are Michel Foucault, Thomas More, Henri Bergson, Karl Popper, Zeno of Elea, and Mikhail Bakunin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 203, Plotinus ranks 1. After him is Elagabalus. Among people deceased in 270, Plotinus ranks 1. After him are Shapur I, Claudius Gothicus, Quintillus, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Jungcheon of Goguryeo, and Theognostus of Alexandria.

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    Plotinus

    PHILOSOPHER

    203 - 270

    HPI: 78.38

    Rank: 1

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    Elagabalus

    POLITICIAN

    203 - 222

    HPI: 76.48

    Rank: 2

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Plotinus ranks 16 out of 642. Before him are Anthony the Great (251), Origen (185), Joshua (-1355), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Hatshepsut (-1507), and Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918). After him are Anwar Sadat (1918), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Amenhotep III (-1403), Imhotep (-2800), Hagar (-1800), and Rudolf Hess (1894).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Egypt

Among philosophers born in Egypt, Plotinus ranks 2. Before him are Origen (185). After him are Athanasius of Alexandria (295), Philo (-15), Sextus Empiricus (160), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Ammonius Saccas (175), Saadia Gaon (882), John Philoponus (490), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), and Valentinus (100).

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