• Ammonius Saccas (/əˈmoʊniəs/; Greek: Ἀμμώνιος Σακκᾶς; 175 AD – 243 AD) was a Hellenistic Platonist self-taught philosopher from Alexandria, generally...
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  • 256 BCE Ammonius of Alexandria, ancient grammarian Ammonius of Athens (1st century AD), philosopher and teacher of Plutarch Ammonius Saccas (3rd century...
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  • derived from a single principle, "the One". Neoplatonism began with Ammonius Saccas and his student Plotinus (c. 204/5–271 AD) and stretched to the sixth...
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    Ammonius of Alexandria (/əˈmoʊniəs/; Greek: Ἀμμώνιος) is assumed to be a Christian philosopher who lived in the 3rd century. He is possibly Ammonius Saccas...
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    founder of Neoplatonism. His teacher was the self-taught philosopher Ammonius Saccas, who belonged to the Platonic tradition. Historians of the 19th century...
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  • who lived in Alexandria. He was a student of Ammonius Saccas and a contemporary of Plotinus in Ammonius's philosophy school in Alexandria. Some researchers...
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  • compiled by his student Porphyry (c. AD 270). Plotinus was a student of Ammonius Saccas, and together they were founders of Neoplatonism. His work, through...
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  • as Dexippus Herennius (fl. c. 240), a Neoplatonic philosopher; see Ammonius Saccas Herennius Modestinus (fl. c. 250), Roman jurist Herennius Etruscus...
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  • critic. Born in either Emesa or Athens, he studied at Alexandria under Ammonius Saccas and Origen the Pagan, and taught for thirty years in Athens, one of...
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  • 2003, p. 152 Ross & Ackrill 1995, p. 193 Athenaeus, v. 211e Ammonius, In de Int. 5.24 Ammonius, In An. Pr. 31.11 Sharples 2003, p. 153 Spade, Paul Vincent...
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