Associates Quote by 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.

— Peter Adamson

People often talk about Plotinus' system. The reason they do this is that Plotinus postulated a kind of series or chain of principles, so…

— Peter Adamson

Just the way you might look at a painting and see the painting, and the painting is outside you, so this immaterial intellect would…

— Peter Adamson

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…

— Peter Adamson

“Among Plato's successors, the most remarkable thinker to pick up this strain of argument is Plotinus. He offers little to those who would pin…

— Henning Genz

Plotinus is usually called the Founder of Neo Platonism and what that means is that in this philosophical circle, he was founding a kind…

— Peter Adamson

We do have intellects and Plotinus controversially thought that even though we might not be aware of it, our souls are always connected to…

— Peter Adamson

In fact Plotinus does believe in divine providence, though when he talks about divine providence, he talks about that providence being exercised by the…

— Peter Adamson

We do each have an intellect but there's a universal intellect which is the same for everybody, as it were. And this single intellect…

— Peter Adamson

The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.

— Oscar Wilde

“The abilities distinctive of human beings are abilities of intellect and will. The relevant abilities of intellect are thought, imagination (the cogitative and creative…

— P. M. S. Hacker

The intellect is good but until it has become the servant of the heart, it is of little avail.

— Abdu'l-Bahá