Highlight his lasting influence on Western (Augustine) and Near-Eastern philosophy.
P. A. Meijer (ed.), Plotinus on the Good or the One (Enneads Vi, 9) The Enneads
The Ascent of the Soul: The Metaphysical Structure of Plotinus’s Enneads Highlight his lasting influence on Western (Augustine) and
Contextualize The Enneads as a series of lectures organized by Porphyry. The Enneads
Introduce Plotinus as the founder of Neoplatonism in late antiquity.
Detail how reality emanates from the One (Enneads V/VI).
The journey of the human soul to purge itself of material attachment and return to unity with the One, often described through the experience of beauty and contemplative thought. Structure of a Research Paper Introduction: