Source books · Neoplatonism
Enneads
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- Neoplatonism
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From Wikipedia
The Enneads, fully The Six Enneads, is the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry. Plotinus was a student of Ammonius Saccas, and together they were founders of Neoplatonism. His work, through Augustine of Hippo, the Cappadocian Fathers, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and several subsequent Christian and Muslim thinkers, has greatly influenced Western and Near-Eastern thought.
From the Wikipedia article Enneads, revision 1360485516, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q1156747: “writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry”.
In this study
In the chronology, in Plotinus's account.
Plotinus wrote separate treatises rather than a book called The Enneads. Porphyry arranged fifty-four of them into six groups of nine.