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Just finished Confessions.

What do I read to fully understand Neoplatonism? Can anyone help me out with a reading list for Plotinus and Porphyry?

>> No.13910867

>>13910859
just read the enneads, retard

>> No.13910871

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>>13910859

This book makes a fine intro.

If you really want to focus on Plotinus, get something like 'Plotinus: An Introduction to the Enneads' by O'Meara, Dominic J.

Grappling with Porphyry more specifically would take engagement with secondary literature since almost everything he wrote is lost. It's a bit tricky.

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>>13910859
Read the highlighted Enneads for a start.

>> No.13912556

>>13910859
broke: plotinus
woke: porphyry
bespoke: proclus

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>>13912556
no joke: iamblichus
real toke: damascius
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