Porphyry

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Porphyry was a 3rd-century Neoplatonist philosopher, best known as a student and editor of Plotinus and for his influential works on metaphysics, logic, and the critique of religion.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Porphyry canonical 33
Porphyry of Tyre 5
Porphyrius 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoplatonist philosopher ⓘ
commentator ⓘ
logician ⓘ
metaphysician ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
activityLocation Rome ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
advocated ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
philosophical purification of the soul ⓘ
birthDate c. 234 ⓘ
birthName Porphyry of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
birthPlace Phoenicia ⓘ
Tyre ⓘ
centuryActive 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
closeAssociateOf Plotinus ⓘ
deathDate c. 305 ⓘ
editedWorksOf Plotinus ⓘ
era Ancient philosophy ⓘ
Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Late Antique philosophy ⓘ
field biography ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
influenced Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Boethius ⓘ
Byzantine philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Platonism

Iamblichus ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Middle Platonism ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
Plotinus ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
knownFor Isagoge as standard introduction to Aristotle’s Categories ⓘ
advocacy of vegetarianism ⓘ
critique of Christianity ⓘ
editing and arranging Plotinus’ Enneads ⓘ
introducing Aristotle’s logic to later Platonism ⓘ
mainInterest classification of beings ⓘ
the soul and its ascent ⓘ
theology and the gods ⓘ
nativeLanguageName Πορφύριος ⓘ
notableWork Against the Christians ⓘ
Enneads (edition and arrangement) ⓘ
linked to: Enneads

Isagoge ⓘ
Life of Plotinus ⓘ
On Abstinence from Animal Food ⓘ
On the Categories (commentary) ⓘ
On the Cave of the Nymphs ⓘ
On the Return of the Soul ⓘ
opposedReligion Christianity ⓘ
philosophicalConcept Porphyrian tree ⓘ
region Roman Empire ⓘ
religiousStance pagan ⓘ
schoolTradition Neoplatonism ⓘ
Platonism ⓘ
studentOf Plotinus ⓘ
wroteInLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ

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Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plotinus → influenced → Porphyry ⓘ
Plotinus → worksCollectedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Plotinus → teacherOf → Porphyry ⓘ
Neoplatonism → systematizedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Neoplatonism → hasKeyFigure → Porphyry ⓘ
the One → discussedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Boethius → influencedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Enneads → organizedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Enneads → editor → Porphyry ⓘ
Numenius of Apamea → influenced → Porphyry ⓘ
Book 8 (The City of God) → philosopherDiscussed → Porphyry ⓘ
subject linked to: Book 8
Porphyry → birthName → Porphyry of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Iliad scholia → associatedWith → Porphyry ⓘ
Eudemus of Rhodes → citedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Ammonius Hermiae → influencedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Macrobius → influencedBy → Porphyry ⓘ
Amelius → associatedWith → Porphyry ⓘ
Porphyry's Life of Plotinus → writtenBy → Porphyry of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Porfirio → etymologicalOrigin → Porphyrius ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Porfirio → shortFormOf → Porphyrius ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Πορφύριος → alsoKnownAs → Porphyrius ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Πορφύριος → alsoKnownAs → Porphyry of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Isagoge → author → Porphyry ⓘ
Against the Christians → author → Porphyry ⓘ
On Abstinence from Animal Food → associatedPhilosopher → Porphyry of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
On the Cave of the Nymphs → workOf → Porphyry of Tyre ⓘ
linked to: Porphyry
Porphyrian tree → creator → Porphyry ⓘ
Porphyrian tree → namedAfter → Porphyry ⓘ