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Enneads
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<p>The <i>Enneads</i> , fully <i>The Six Enneads</i>, is the collection of writings of the philosopher <a href="/facts/Plotinus/BQDNMGDA">Plotinus</a>, edited and compiled by his student <a href="/facts/Porphyry_(philosopher)/uyF9xTXq">Porphyry</a> (c. AD 270). Plotinus was a student of <a href="/facts/Ammonius_Saccas/Wgq3NVa9">Ammonius Saccas</a>, and together they were founders of <a href="/facts/Neoplatonism/Tyq4uTG0">Neoplatonism</a>. His work, through <a href="/facts/Augustine_of_Hippo/RJI1otNA">Augustine of Hippo</a>, the <a href="/facts/Cappadocian_Fathers/FQpVg1Py">Cappadocian Fathers</a>, <a href="/facts/Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite/D1hlqUAz">Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite</a> and several subsequent <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christian</a> and <a href="/facts/Islam/zDLbL45C">Muslim</a> thinkers, has greatly influenced <a href="/facts/Western_world/UQl4e7du">Western</a> and <a href="/facts/Near_East/gD1vyGQI">Near-Eastern</a> thought. </p>