Late Antique Historiography

Life of Plotinus

Title(s):
  • Life of Plotinus
  • Περὶ τοῦ Πλωτίνου βίου καὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν βιβλίων αὐτοῦ
    (Peri tou Plōtinou biou kai tēs taxeōs tōn bibliōn autou, On the life of Plotinus and the order of his books)
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Period covered:
205-270
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Biography (general)
Remarks:
The Life of Plotinus is attached to Porphyry's edition of the works of Plotinus.
Edition - Translation:
  • A.H. Armstrong (1966) Plotinus: Enneads. London.
  • H.-R. Schwyzer (1964) Plotinus: Opera. Oxford.
  • P. Henry (1951) Porphyrii Vita Plotini: Enneades I-III. Paris.
  • E. Bréhier (1924) Plotin: Ennéades. Paris.
  • J. Igal (1982) Porfirio: Vida de Plotino. Plotino: Eneadas I-II. Madrid.
  • L. Brisson (1982-1992) La vie de Plotin. Two Volumes. Paris.
  • R. Ferwerda (1984) Enneaden: Over het leven van Plotinus en de indeling van zijn traktaten. Amsterdam.
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