[495] Enn., I., ii., 6, sub fin.
[496] Ibid., 5.
[497] Ibid., ix.
[498] Enn., I., iii.
[499] Rep., VI., 511.
[500] See the conclusion of the Posterior Analytics.
[501] Enn., III., vii., 1, p. 325, C (Kirchh., II., p. 282, l. 13).
[502] Zeller’s last volume, giving a full account of the Neo-Platonic school, has recently reached a third edition, but it belongs to a connected work, and contains, in addition, a mass of information possessing special interest for theologians. It has not, however, been translated into English, nor apparently is there any intention of translating it. Our own literature on the subject is represented by a worthless book of Kingsley’s, entitled Alexandria and her Schools, and a novel by a lady, called the Wards of Plotinus.
[503] Enn., VI., ix., sub fin.
[504] Enn., III., ii., 15, p. 266, E (Kirchh., II., p. 336, l. 31). M. Renan talks of the period from 235 to 284 as ‘cet enfer d’un demi-siècle où sombre toute philosophie, toute civilité, toute délicatesse’ (Marc-Aurèle, p. 498). As, however, this epoch produced Neo-Platonism, the expression ‘toute philosophie’ is rather misplaced.