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The Enneads

by Plotinus Book 21 in the Penguin Classics: Ancient World series.

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Plotinus’s Enneads present the central texts of Neoplatonism, moving from the material world through soul and intellect toward the One. The work belongs to late antique philosophy and became a major bridge between classical Platonism, Christian thought and medieval metaphysics.

Historical Periods

Late Roman Empire284–476 CE Late Antique Philosophy and Christian Learning250–550 CE

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Classical Literature

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Platoc. 420s BCE–c. 340s BCE Plotinus205–270

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