Quote of the day
Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.
Porphyry
Born: 233
Died: 305 (aged 72)
Bio: Porphyry of Tyre was a Neoplatonic philosopher who was born in Tyre, in the Roman Empire. He edited and published the Enneads, the only collection of the work of his teacher Plotinus.
Known for:
- On abstinence from animal food
- Porphyry Introduction
- Select works of Porphyry
- Porphyry the Philosopher