The philosopher must be the priest of the god who is over all things.
Δεῖ τὸν φιλόσοφον ἱερέα τοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσι θεοῦ εἶναι.
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Porphyry
Born c. 234 in Tyre, Porphyry was a Phoenician Neoplatonist who edited Plotinus into the Enneads. His logic primer Isagoge was the standard textbook of Aristotelian logic in medieval Europe and the Islamic world.
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Source: Letter to Marcella (Ad Marcellam, ch. 16)Verified
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