Porphyry
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Porphyry was a 3rd-century Neoplatonist philosopher, best known as a student and editor of Plotinus and for his influential works on metaphysics, logic, and the critique of religion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Porphyry canonical | 16 |
| Porphyry of Tyre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Porphyry Context triple: [Plotinus, influenced, Porphyry]
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Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
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Dorotheus
Dorotheus is a relatively obscure historical or religious figure known primarily through their association with Theophilus.
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Didymus
Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
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Numenius of Apamea
Numenius of Apamea was a 2nd-century Platonist philosopher whose synthesis of Platonism with Pythagorean and Eastern religious ideas helped lay important groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Porphyry Target entity description: Porphyry was a 3rd-century Neoplatonist philosopher, best known as a student and editor of Plotinus and for his influential works on metaphysics, logic, and the critique of religion.
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A.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus was a 6th-century Byzantine jurist who helped systematize and codify Roman law under Emperor Justinian I.
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B.
Dorotheus
Dorotheus is a relatively obscure historical or religious figure known primarily through their association with Theophilus.
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C.
Didymus
Didymus is another name for the Apostle Thomas, one of Jesus Christ’s twelve original disciples in the New Testament.
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D.
Numenius of Apamea
Numenius of Apamea was a 2nd-century Platonist philosopher whose synthesis of Platonism with Pythagorean and Eastern religious ideas helped lay important groundwork for later Neoplatonism.
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E.
Heraclides Ponticus
Heraclides Ponticus was a 4th-century BCE Greek philosopher and astronomer known for proposing that the Earth rotates on its axis and for early heliocentric ideas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Neoplatonist philosopher
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commentator ⓘ logician ⓘ metaphysician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| activityLocation |
Rome
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Sicily ⓘ |
| advocated |
ascetic lifestyle
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philosophical purification of the soul ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 234 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Porphyry
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Porphyry of Tyre
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| birthPlace |
Phoenician civilization
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surface form:
Phoenicia
Tyre ⓘ |
| centuryActive |
3rd century
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4th century ⓘ |
| closeAssociateOf | Plotinus ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 305 ⓘ |
| editedWorksOf | Plotinus ⓘ |
| era |
Ancient philosophy
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Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Late Antique philosophy ⓘ |
| field |
biography
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ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philology ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| influenced |
Augustine of Hippo
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Boethius ⓘ Byzantine Platonism ⓘ
surface form:
Byzantine philosophy
Iamblichus of Chalcis ⓘ
surface form:
Iamblichus
Islamic philosophy ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Middle Platonism ⓘ Plato ⓘ Plotinus ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Isagoge as standard introduction to Aristotle’s Categories
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advocacy of vegetarianism ⓘ critique of Christianity ⓘ editing and arranging Plotinus’ Enneads ⓘ introducing Aristotle’s logic to later Platonism ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
classification of beings
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the soul and its ascent ⓘ theology and the gods ⓘ |
| nativeLanguageName | Πορφύριος ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Against the Christians
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Enneads ⓘ
surface form:
Enneads (edition and arrangement)
Isagoge ⓘ Porphyry's Life of Plotinus ⓘ
surface form:
Life of Plotinus
On Abstinence from Animal Food ⓘ Commentary on Aristotle's Categories ⓘ
surface form:
On the Categories (commentary)
On the Cave of the Nymphs ⓘ On the Return of the Soul ⓘ |
| opposedReligion | Christianity ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept | Porphyrian tree ⓘ |
| region | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| religiousStance | pagan ⓘ |
| schoolTradition |
Neoplatonism
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Platonism ⓘ |
| studentOf | Plotinus ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
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