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.

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Porphyry canonical 16
Porphyry of Tyre 1

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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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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