PHILOSOPHER

Plotinus

203 - 270

Plotinus

Plotinus (; Greek: Πλωτῖνος, Plōtînos; c. 204/5 – 270 CE) was a philosopher in the Hellenistic tradition, 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 1,169,567 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Plotinus is the 51st most popular philosopher, the 16th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 15th 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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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Plotinus ranks 51 out of 1,089. Before him are Al-Farabi, Michel Foucault, Karl Popper, Protagoras, Hannah Arendt, and Henri Bergson. After him are Zeno of Elea, John Amos Comenius, Mikhail Bakunin, Lucretius, Empedocles, and Pliny the Elder.

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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 Claudius Gothicus, Shapur I, Quintillus, Gregory Thaumaturgus, and Jungcheon of Goguryeo.