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“Unlike later Neo-Platonists, Plotinus says that our souls are always connected to the universal intellect and that we never really fall away.”

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Peter Adamson
Peter Adamson

Peter Adamson was a celebrated television actor known for his diverse and accomplished performances. Born on February 16, 1930, Adamson's career spanned several decades, leaving a profound mark on audiences. He passed away on January 17, 2002. more

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“I think it's important to realise that what happens in Neo-Platonism beginning with Plotinus and Porphyry and then going on for the next several centuries, is a real kind of contest for the ideas and convictions of the intelligentsia of the later Roman Empire. So that you have Christians slowly converting more and more powerful people until of course actually Constantine and then other emperors after him, become Christian, and the empire becomes a Christian empire rather than Pagan empire.”

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