PHILOSOPHER

Plotinus

203 - 270

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Plotinus (; Ancient 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. Historians of the 19th century invented the term "neoplatonism" and applied it to refer to Plotinus and his philosophy, which was vastly influential during late antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Plotinus is the 57th most popular philosopher (down from 52nd in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 16th 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 57 out of 1,267. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Swami Vivekananda, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, Mikhail Bakunin, and Henri Bergson. After him are Karl Popper, Ramakrishna, Zeno of Elea, Zhuang Zhou, Epictetus, and Thomas More.

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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

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    Rank: 1

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    Elagabalus

    POLITICIAN

    203 - 222

    HPI: 81.84

    Rank: 2

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Plotinus ranks 19 out of 642. Before him are Yasser Arafat (1929), Khafra (-2550), Anthony the Great (251), Hosni Mubarak (1928), Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918), and Ay (-1380). After him are Moses in Islam (-1392), Catherine of Alexandria (287), Rudolf Hess (1894), Anwar Sadat (1918), Imhotep (-2800), and Naguib Mahfouz (1911).

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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), John Philoponus (490), Saadia Gaon (882), Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796), Valentinus (100), and Ammonius Hermiae (440).

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