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Ammonius Saccas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ /**/ /**/ Ammonius Saccas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search  Part of a series onPlatonismPlatonic idealismPlatonic realismMiddle PlatonismNeoplatonismArticles on NeoplatonismPlatonic epistemologySocratic methodSocratic dialogueTheory of formsPlatonic doctrine of recollectionForm of the GoodParticipants in DialoguesSocratesAlcibiadesProtagorasParmenidesNotable PlatonistsPlatoPlotinusIamblichusProclusDiscussions of Plato's worksDialogues of PlatoMetaphor of the sunAnalogy of the divided lineAllegory of the caveThe Myth of ErChariot allegoryThird Man ArgumentQuis custodiet ipsos custodes?This box: view • talk • editAmmonius Saccas (3rd century AD) was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria who was often referred to as one of the founders of Neoplatonism. He is mainly known as the teacher of Plotinus, who he taught for eleven years from 232 to 243. He was undoubtably the biggest influence on Plotinus in his development of Neoplatonism, although little is known about his own philosophical views. Later Christian writers stated that Ammonius was a Christian, but it is now generally assumed that there was a different Ammonius of Alexandria who wrote biblical texts.Contents1 Life2 Philosophy3 Notes4 References5 See also6 External links//[edit] LifeNot much is known about the life of Ammonius Saccas. He had a humble background, and appears to have earned a living as a porter at the docks of Alexandria, hence his nickname of "Sack-bearer" (Sakkas for sakkophoros). Most details of his life come from the fragments left from Porphyry's writings. The most famous pupil of Ammonius Saccas was Plotinus who studied under Ammonius for eleven years. According to Porphyry, in 232, at the age of 28, Plotinus went to Alexandria to study philosophy:In his twenty-eighth year he [Plotinus] felt the impulse to study philosophy and was recommended to the teachers in Alexandria who then had the highest reputation; but he came away from their lectures so depressed and full of sadness that he told his trouble to one of his friends. The friend, understanding the desire of his heart, sent him to Ammonius, whom he had not so far tried. He went and heard him, and said to his friend, "This is the man I was looking for." From that day he stayed continually with Ammonius and acquired so complete a training in philosophy that he became eager to make acquaintance with the Persian philosophical discipline and that prevailing among the Indians.[1]According to Porphyry, the parents of Ammonius were Christians, but upon learning Greek philosophy, Ammonius rejected his parents' religion for paganism. This conversion is contested by the Christian writers Jerome and Eusebius, who state that Ammonius remained a Christian throughout his lifetime:[Porphyry] plainly utters a falsehood (for what will not an opposer of Christians do?) when he says that ... Ammonius fell from a life of piety into heathen customs. ... Ammonius held the divine philosophy unshaken and unadulterated to the end of his life. His works yet extant show this, as he is celebrated among many for the writings which he has left.[2]Eusebius goes on to mention a work On the Harmony of Moses and Jesus, and in an epistle addressed to Carpianus speaks of a Diatessaron or Harmony of the Four Gospels composed by Ammonius.[3]However we are told by Longinus that Ammonius wrote nothing,[4] and if Ammonius was the principle influence on Plotinus, then it is unlikely that Ammonius would have been a Christian. One way to explain much of the confusion concerning Ammonius is to assume that there were two people called Ammonius: Ammonius Saccas who taught Plotinus, and an Ammonius the Christian who wrote biblical texts.To add to the confusion, it seems that Ammonius had two pupils called Origen: Origen the Christian, and Origen the Pagan.[2] It is quite possible that Ammonius Saccas taught both Origens. Among Ammonius' other pupils there were Herennius and Cassius Longinus.[edit] PhilosophyHierocles, writing in the 5th century, states that Ammonius' fundamental doctrine was that Plato and Aristotle were in full agreement with each other:[5]He was the first who had a godly zeal for the truth in philosophy and despised the views of the majority, which were a disgrace to philosophy. He apprehended well the views of each of the two philosophers [Plato and Aristotle] and brought them under one and the same nous and transmitted philosophy without conflicts to all of his disciples, and especially to the best of those acquainted with him, Plotinus, Origen, and their successors.[6]According to Nemesius, a bishop and Neoplatonist c. 400, Ammonius held that the soul was immaterial.[7]Little is known about Ammonius's role in the development of Neoplatonism. Porphyry seems to suggest that Ammonius was instrumental in helping Plotinus think about philosophy in new ways:But he [Plotinus] did not just speak straight out of these books but took a distinctive personal line in his consideration, and brought the mind of Ammonius' to bear on the investigation in hand.[1]Two of Ammonius's students - Origen the Pagan, and Longinus - seem to have held philosophical positions which were closer to Middle Platonism than Neoplatonism, which perhaps suggests that Ammonius's doctrines were also closer to those of Middle Platonism than the Neoplatonism developed by Plotinus (see the Enneads), but Plotinus does not seem to have thought that he was departing in any significant way from that of his master.[edit] Notes^ a b Porphyry, Life of Plotinus, from Reale, G., (1990), A History of Ancient Philosophy IV: The Schools of the Imperial Age. Page 298. SUNY Press.^ a b Eusebius, History of the Church, vi, 19.^ There is an extant Latin translation by the sixth century bishop Victor of Capua of an anonymous Diatessaron. It is generally ascribed it to Tatian, but could be the "Ammonius" text mentioned by Eusebius.^ Longinus, quoted by Porphyry, Life of Plotinus, xx.^ Hierocles in Photius, Bibl. cod. 214, 251.^ Hierocles, in Photius, Bibl. cod. 251. from Karamanolis, G., (2006), Plato and Aristotle in Agreement?: Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry, Page 193. Oxford University Press.^ Nemesius, On the Nature of Man, ii[edit] ReferencesArmstrong, A., (1967), The Cambridge History of Later Greek and Early Medieval Philosophy, Pages 196-200. Cambridge University Press.Karamanolis, G., (2006), Plato and Aristotle in Agreement?: Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry, Pages 191-215. Oxford University Press.Reale, G., (1990), A History of Ancient Philosophy IV: The Schools of the Imperial Age, Pages 297-303. SUNY Press.[edit] See alsoEnneadsNeoplatonismOrigenOrigen the PaganPlotinusPorphyry[edit] External linksAmmonius Saccas - Dictionary of Christian BiographyPorphyry, Against the Christians (2004). Fragments.The Reaction to the Bible in PaganismOrigen - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophyv • d • ePlatonistsAcademicsOldPlato · Speusippus · Heraclides Ponticus · Menedemus of Pyrrha · Eudoxus of Cnidus · Philip of Opus · Xenocrates · Crantor · Polemo · Crates of AthensMiddleArcesilaus · Lacydes · Telecles · Euander · HegesinusNewCarneades · Clitomachus · Philo of LarissaMiddle PlatonistsAntiochus · Philo of Alexandria · Plutarch · Albinus · Alcinous · Atticus · Maximus of Tyre · Numenius of Apamea · LonginusNeoplatonistsAmmonius Saccas · Plotinus · Disciples of Plotinus · Amelius · Porphyry · Iamblichus · Sopater · Sosipatra · Aedesius · Dexippus · Chrysanthius · Julian · Sallustius · Maximus of Ephesus · Eusebius of Myndus · Hypatia · Plutarch of Athens · Macrobius · Asclepigenia · Hierocles · Syrianus · Hermias · Aedesia · Proclus · Ammonius Hermiae · Asclepiodotus · Marinus · Isidore · Damascius · Simplicius · Priscian · OlympiodorusRetrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonius_Saccas" Categories: 3rd century philosophers | Neoplatonists | Roman era philosophers | Roman-era Greeks Views Article Discussion Edit this page History Personal tools Log in / create account if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Interaction About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact Wikipedia Donate to Wikipedia Help Toolbox What links here Related changesUpload fileSpecial pages Printable version Permanent linkCite this page Languages Català Česky Deutsch Español Français Hrvatski Íslenska Italiano Latina Magyar Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Suomi Svenska Türkçe   This page was last modified on 7 July 2008, at 23:12. 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