An Essay on the Beautiful by Plotinus

This Halcyon Classics ebook is Plontinus' AN ESSAY ON THE BEAUTIFUL, by one of the major philosophers of the ancient world. Plotinus (c. 205-270 AD) is widely considered to the founder of Neoplatonism along with his teacher Ammonius Saccas. Possibly from Egypt, Plotinus never discussed his family, ancestry or upbringing and consequently, very little is known of his early life for certain.