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Excerpt from Select Works of Porphyry: Containing His Four Books on Abstinence From Animal Food; His Treatise on the Homeric Cave of the Nymphs; And His Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures
We are likewise informed, by the same Eu napius, that Porphyry, when he first associated with Plotinus, bade farewell to all his other preceptors, and totally applied himself to the friendship of that wonderful man. Here he filled his mind with science, as from a perennial and never-satiating fount. But afterwards, being con quered, as it were, by the magnitude of his doc trines, be conceived a hatred of body, and could no longer endure the fetters of mortality.
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We are likewise informed, by the same Eu napius, that Porphyry, when he first associated with Plotinus, bade farewell to all his other preceptors, and totally applied himself to the friendship of that wonderful man. Here he filled his mind with science, as from a perennial and never-satiating fount. But afterwards, being con quered, as it were, by the magnitude of his doc trines, be conceived a hatred of body, and could no longer endure the fetters of mortality.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Porphyry Porphyry
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ISBN - 9780331150742
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Page Count - 291
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ISBN - 9780282252427
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 293
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