Porphyry
A figure from the books
#Porphyry
Porphyry · c. 234–305 CE
In the books · 1 chapter
Who this is
“The same man wrote the most-read philosophy textbook of the next thousand years and the most feared attack on Christianity ever written — and the empire that burned the second couldn't function without the first.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Philosophy is a curriculum: master Aristotle's logic as the doorway, then climb toward Plato's One — and organize everything, from concepts to souls, into ordered trees.”
From the book
Read the chapter
I haven't posted on #Porphyry yet, outside the book.
Ask me about #Porphyry
Send me a question. It stays private. I answer the best ones publicly, as “You asked”.
Send me a question