The work of one of the last great philosophers, divided into six books of nine treatises by his student Porphyry (the first volume also includes the latter's work regarding the life of Plotinus and the classification of his books).

For example: What is a living being and what is man, On Virtues, On Dialectics, On the Beautiful, On Suicide, etc. Plotinus was born in Upper Egypt around 203 AD and grew up in Alexandria. He studied with the Alexandrian philosophy teachers, primarily with the Platonist Ammonius Saccas.

Wishing to understand Eastern thought, he joined the army of Emperor Gordian, which was campaigning in Persia. When the imperial army was defeated, Plotinus managed to escape, reach Antioch, and then Rome, where he lived until the end of his life. He taught philosophy and gained fame, both as a teacher and as a moral personality.

Among his students were prominent figures of Roman society – even the emperor Gallienus. His dream of founding a city in Campania, named Platonopolis, to be governed according to Platonic ideals, was undermined by the imperial advisors.

He began to write when he was already 49 years old. He noted his philosophical developments on paper, without a second reading, without corrections, and often without interrupting his discussions with his students.

Among the last of these students, Porphyry took on the task of the literary editor and publisher of his teacher's work, dividing it into 6 books of 9 treatises, which he called 'Enneads'. Plotinus, one of the last great representatives of philosophical thought, died in 270 AD in Campania.

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