Plotinus vs. Ken Wilber
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Plotinus
205 – 270
Philosophy
Ancient Rome
Neoplatonism
Plotinus was a Hellenistic Greek philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt. Plotinus is regarded by modern scholarship as the founder of Neoplatonism.
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"Hence, as Narcissus, by catching at the shadow, plunged himself in the stream and disappeared, so he who is captivated by beautiful bodies, and does not depart …"
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Ken Wilber
1949 – present
Psychology
United States
Kenneth Earl Wilber Jr. is an American writer on transpersonal psychology and his own integral theory, a four-quadrant grid which purports to model all human knowledge and experience.
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"We move from part to whole and back again, and in that dance of comprehension, in that amazing circle of understanding, we come alive to meaning, to value, and …"
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