It is not I who conform to the stars; the stars conform to me.

Οὐκ ἐγὼ πρὸς αὐτά, ἀλλ' αὐτὰ πρὸς ἐμέ

Plotinus

Philosophers

Plotinus

Born around 205 CE in Roman Egypt, Plotinus developed Plato's thought into a grand metaphysical system in which all reality emanates in stages from a supreme principle he called 'the One.' His major work, the Enneads, compiled by his pupil Porphyry, profoundly influenced Augustine, Islamic philosophy, and the intellectual tradition known as Neoplatonism.

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Source: ポルピュリオス『プロティノスの生涯』第2章Unverified

Plotinus's Other Quotes

Strip away everything.

Strive to return the divine in yourself to the divine in all.

Let us flee then to the beloved Fatherland.

Evil, too, has its place within the scheme of the Good.

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