@Billy1WadeWhat up, my dudes (and dudettes)! You’re not going to believe this! I have a time machine! It does not allow me to travel to the past. But it allows me to travel to the future. How it works is simple. I set the timer on my machine to 15 minutes, or however far into the future
@Billy1WadeSource “Plotinus views ethics according to the criterion of what contributes to our identification with our higher selves and what contributes to our separation from that identification. All virtuous practices make a positive contribution to this goal. But virtues can be grade
@Billy1WadeIt’s only about Plotinus to the extent that the philosophy that is practiced proceeds from a perspective that Plotinus is a precedence for. What this means is that: One does not need to have read the Enneads; or be concerned about Plotinus and his personal life. One must b
@Billy1WadeThe snippet: “Little is known of Plotinus’ view of the prevailing civic religion of his time. The best guess is that he felt for it polite indifference bordering on disdain. If Plotinus did indeed have a low opinion of “organized” Roman religion, this would contrast sharply wi
@Billy1WadeConcerns addressed: For whom, and for what is the Plotinian Platonist Philosophy community? What is philosophy, and how does one do philosophy? What is the Plotinian Platonist Perspective? What is Plotinian Platonist philosophy? How may anyone become aware of what is refer
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