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Plotinus
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Lesson
Plotinus lived in the third century AD and is considered the founder of Neoplatonism.
Outline
Hellenistic Philosophy
Part 6
VI. Plotinus
A. His Life
B. His System
1. Highest Being - God, The One or the Good
a. Pantheism vs. Panentheism
b. God is unknowable.
c. God's being overflows.
2. Emanation
a. Nous (Mind)
i. Higher Mind
ii. Lower Mind
b. Soul
i. Higher (World) Soul
ii. Middle Soul
iii. Lower Soul
3. Two Paths
a. Downward - Becoming
b. Upward - Salvation