Porphyry

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:birthYear c. 234
gptkbp:bornIn Tyre
gptkbp:contribution The Life of Plotinus
Philosophical writings on ethics
Commentary_on_Aristotle's_Categories
gptkbp:culturalInfluence gptkb:Christianity
Islamic_philosophy
Renaissance_thought
gptkbp:deathYear c. 305
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Porphyry
gptkbp:influenced Iamblichus
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Plotinus
gptkbp:knownFor Neoplatonism
gptkbp:legacy Influence on later philosophers
Development of Neoplatonism
Impact on metaphysical discussions
Influence_on_Islamic_philosophy
Influence_on_Christian_theology
Influence_on_Renaissance_humanism
Integration_of_Platonic_and_Aristotelian_thought
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Proclus
gptkb:Porphyrius_of_Tyre
gptkb:Ammonius_Saccas
gptkbp:notableWork Isagoge
gptkbp:philosophy Ontology
Comparative analysis
Ethics
Logic
Metaphysics
Theology
Dialectic
Axiomatic method
Analytical method
Critic of materialism
Advocate of theurgy
Believer in the immortality of the soul
Believer in the role of divine intermediaries
Critic of dogmatism
Proponent of the importance of virtue
Proponent of the unity of being
Advocate for the study of philosophy as a way of life
Proponent of the existence of a single source of all reality
Syllogistic_reasoning
gptkbp:research gptkb:Plotinus
gptkbp:team Neoplatonism
gptkbp:wrote Isagoge
On_the_Cave_of_the_Nymphs
Against_the_Christians