Enneads
<p><i ><b>The Six Enneads</b></i>, sometimes abbreviated to <i ><b>The Enneads</b></i> or <i ><b>Enneads</b></i> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a>: Ἐννεάδες), is the collection of writings of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotinus" title="Plotinus" >Plotinus</a>, edited and compiled by his student <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)" title="Porphyry (philosopher)" >Porphyry</a> (c. 270 AD). Plotinus was a student of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonius_Saccas" title="Ammonius Saccas" >Ammonius Saccas</a> and they were founders of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism" title="Neoplatonism" >Neoplatonism</a>. His work, through <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo" title="Augustine of Hippo" >Augustine of Hippo</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocian_Fathers" title="Cappadocian Fathers" >Cappadocian Fathers</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Dionysius_the_Areopagite" title="Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite" >Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite</a> and several subsequent Christian and Muslim thinkers, has greatly influenced Western and Near-Eastern thought.
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