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> [In fact one of the things about Plotinus is that he maybe not singlehandedly, but I think more than anyone else, killed off the variety and dissension among the philosophical schools of antiquity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/in-fact-one-of-the-things-about-plotinus-is-that-he-maybe-not/)

[Peter Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-adamson/)

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> [The importance of Plotinus is not only his own philosophical ideas which are quite interesting, but his historical impact as the founder of neo-Platonism which is the main philosophical tradition of late antiquity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/the-importance-of-plotinus-is-not-only-his-own-philosophical-ideas/)

[Peter Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-adamson/)

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## Other authors on Antiquity

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- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiquity/ralph-waldo-emerson/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-confucius-24951.jpg) Confucius 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/antiquity/confucius/)

## More by Peter Adamson

> [Plotinus thought that the entire world has a single soul. He also thought that each animal and plant and of course human, has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/plotinus-thought-that-the-entire-world-has-a-single-soul-he-also/)

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> [Assuming there is an intellect, we're clearly not this universal intellect or we would know it. So that's one function of soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/assuming-there-is-an-intellect-we-re-clearly-not-this-universal/)

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> [The body is some kind of image of you, it's kind of something that's just attached to your soul, some kind of outside principle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/the-body-is-some-kind-of-image-of-you-it-s-kind-of-something-that-s/)

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> [The forms are part of the mind, or really are the mind, they're just the contents of this universal night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/the-forms-are-part-of-the-mind-or-really-are-the-mind-they-re-just/)

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> [Before the 3rd century you're having several philosophical schools still as a going concern. You have not only the Platonists and the Aristotelians but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/before-the-3rd-century-you-re-having-several-philosophical-schools/)

[Peter Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-adamson/)

> [Unlike later Neo-Platonists, Plotinus says that our souls are always connected to the universal intellect and that we never really fall away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/unlike-later-neo-platonists-plotinus-says-that-our-souls-are-always/)

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> [The forms in intellect are some kind of blueprint or model on which the physical world is based, and something needs to come along…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/the-forms-in-intellect-are-some-kind-of-blueprint-or-model-on-which/)

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> [Once you're in a kind of revealed religious tradition, you wind up having to explain how the things said about God in the Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/once-you-re-in-a-kind-of-revealed-religious-tradition-you-wind-up/)

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> [Al-Ghazali is the most important philosophical theologian of classical Islam, and Moderation in Belief is among his most important works. It sets out al-Ghazali's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/al-ghazali-is-the-most-important-philosophical-theologian-of/)

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> [In fact Plotinus thought not only that soul in general is eternal so that you always have soul, but he thought that each person's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/in-fact-plotinus-thought-not-only-that-soul-in-general-is-eternal-so/)

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> [The intellect must be different from the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/the-intellect-must-be-different-from-the-soul/)

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> [Basically the problem is that if the intellect is looking at or beholding the forms, what it will get is some kind of representation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/basically-the-problem-is-that-if-the-intellect-is-looking-at-or/)

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> [The body distracts your soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/the-body-distracts-your-soul/)

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> [For Plotinus, what really exists are the Platonic forms, so the true nature or form of things like justice, beauty, maybe numbers, things like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/for-plotinus-what-really-exists-are-the-platonic-forms-so-the-true/)

[Peter Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-adamson/)

> [This is in a way the most important thing about soul is that it's a kind of principle which mediates between the universal intellect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-adamson/this-is-in-a-way-the-most-important-thing-about-soul-is-that-it-s-a/)

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