Evil, too, has its place within the scheme of the Good.
ἔστιν οὖν καὶ αὐτὸ ἐν ἀγαθοῦ μέρει τὸ κακόν
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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