by Porphyry · translated by Julian K. Morrow
A new English translation, made directly from the original language.
Forty-four compressed sentences: Plotinus's student boiling his teacher's system down to what a reader can actually carry. The shortest way into Neoplatonism, fresh from the Greek.
This English translation is an original work, © 2026 Julian K. Morrow / Lucilius Press — all rights reserved. The underlying ancient text is in the public domain.
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