Porphyre : Porphyry (233-306), a Greek philosopher of the

Neo-Platonic school, is especially fanious for his attacks on Christianity. Most of his works hâve perished ; among those that are still extant, his Life of Plotinus is considered the best.

Plotln : Plotinus, the founder of Neo- Platon ism, was born in Egypt in 205, and died in Italy in 270. He settled at Rome when about forty, and opened a school of philosophy

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which soon became fanious. His virtues, as well as his extensive knowledge, gained for him the esteem of ail who knew him. Among his foUowers was Porphyry, who helped him in the correction of his works and became his literary executor.

85. 7. Jamblique : lamblichus, a Greek Neo-Platonic philosopher like Porphyry, whose disciple he was, was born at the end of the third century, and died in 333. He taught with great success at Alexandria. His best-known works are an Exhortation to the Study of Philosophy, z. Life of Pythagoras, and a Treatise on the Mysteries of the Egyptiens.