Porphyry

c. 234–305

Pupil and editor of Plotinus, scholar of everything from logic to abstinence, oracles, and Homeric allegory; his introductions carried Greek philosophy into the Middle Ages.

Works in the library — 10

• Life of Plotinus · Thomas TaylorEN read →
• Life of Pythagoras · Thomas TaylorENGRC read →
• Isagoge (Introduction) · Thomas TaylorENGRC read →
• On the Faculties of the Soul · Thomas TaylorEN read →
• Against the Christians · Thomas TaylorEN read →
• On the Cave of the Nymphs · Thomas TaylorEN read →
• On Abstinence from Animal Food · Thomas TaylorENGRC read →
• Aids to the Study of the Intelligibles · Thomas TaylorEN read →
• Letter to Marcella · Thomas TaylorENGRC read →
• Letter to the Egyptian Anebo · Thomas TaylorEN read →