The philosopher must be the priest of the god who is over all things.

Δεῖ τὸν φιλόσοφον ἱερέα τοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσι θεοῦ εἶναι.

Porphyry

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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

Porphyry's Other Quotes

Everything that is capable of turning back upon itself is incorporeal.

All things are in all things, but in each in the way that suits its own nature.

Strive to become a lover of learning rather than one who has merely learned a great deal.

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