When1: 260
When2: 280
Who: Porphyry or Porphyrus Malchus [Malchus, Porphyrus]
What: philosopher
Where: Rome, Italy
works\ Isagoge or Introduction [270 to 280: about Aristotle's Categories and logic]; Plotinus' Enneads [270 to 280: arranger]; Against the Christians [270 to 280]
Detail: He lived 232 to 304, was Commentator on Aristotle, and was Plotinus' student. A chain of being goes from lowest forms to highest {Porphyry Tree} {Tree of Porphyry}.
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