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The Enneads (/ˈɛniædz/; Ancient Greek: Ἐννεάδες), fully The Six Enneads, is the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus, edited and compiled

about Plotinus comes from Porphyry's preface to his edition of Plotinus' most notable literary work, The Enneads. In his metaphysical writings, Plotinus described

of the truth." Plotinus, "Against the Gnostics", Ennead II, 9, 6. Plotinus, Arthur Hilary Armstrong (trans.) (1966). Plotinus: Enneads II (Loeb Classical

with Ammonius Saccas and his student Plotinus (c.  204/5 – 271 AD) and stretched to the sixth century. After Plotinus there were three distinct periods in

refer to: Enneads, or The Six Enneads, the collection of writings of the philosopher Plotinus The Ennead (novel), by Jan Mark, 1978 Ennead Architects

students of Plotinus. The philosopher Plotinus was the founder of a tradition later known as Neoplatonism. Porphyry, the most important of Plotinus's pupils

romanized: Athulujiya Aristu) is a paraphrase in Arabic of parts of Plotinus' Six Enneads along with Porphyry's commentary. It was traditionally attributed

p. 127. Buckley (2002). Dillon (1996); Brisson (1998). Plotinus, Enneads. Plotinus, Enneads, IV.3.1; V.1.2. Proclus, Elements of Theology. Sorabji (1983);

Canada. He is best-known for his work on Plotinus, particularly his full-length translation of the Enneads that is based primarily on the Henry-Schwyzer

Phoenicia during Roman rule. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of Plotinus, his teacher. He wrote original works in the Greek